US 12,453,053 B2
Heat sink that varies in height
Harsh Patel, Stone Mountain, GA (US)
Assigned to Core Scientific, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Core Scientific, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/752,781.
Application 18/752,781 is a continuation of application No. 17/738,646, filed on May 6, 2022, granted, now 12,041,754.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,434, filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0349456 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/2039 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20709 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat sink for cooling computing devices, comprising:
a plurality of fin stages arranged in spaced relation between an intake side and an exhaust side, the plurality of fin stages each including a plurality of fins extending along a flow direction;
wherein at least one of the plurality of fin stages is distinct in fin width and/or fin height from another one of the plurality of fin stages; and
a plurality of air separators extending from the intake side downstream to a corresponding one of the plurality of fin stages.