Sally Melinda Sellers, 5555 Ponderosa Cir, Midway, FL 32343

6625023, Sep 23, 2003

Apr 11, 2002

10/120993

Ernest J. Morrow - Monticello FL
Sally M. Sellers - Tallahassee FL
Gary D. Knudsen - Tallahasse FL

General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. - Sterling Heights MI

H05K 720

361700, 622592, 16510433, 165908

A modular spray cooling system for cooling electronic components in enclosures containing electronic components that dissipate heat and therefore require cooling. The modular system is mounted in a sealed enclosure with an inside wall. A spray cooling module is detachably mountable within the sealed enclosure. The coolant is distributed to a spray manifold card that is provided with nozzles. Localized cooling is accomplished with the use of individual nozzles. The spray cooling module atomizes the evaporative coolant through nozzles so that liquid droplets of the coolant are delivered to the electronic components, and cooling of the components occurs upon evaporation. A method for cooling electronic components comprises the steps of: providing a sealed enclosure ; priming the sealed enclosure with an evaporative coolant that recirculates therewithin; detachably placing within the enclosure one or more sealed circuit card assemblies containing the electronic components to be cooled; a spray cooling module within the enclosure and delivering power to a pump within a spray cooling module that is also detachably mountable within the sealed enclosure.

6574094, Jun 3, 2003

Apr 11, 2002

10/120811

Ernest J. Morrow - Monticello FL
Sally M. Sellers - Tallahassee FL
Gary D. Knudsen - Tallahassee FL

General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. - Sterling Height MI

H07B 100

361676, 622592, 16510433, 165908, 174 71 B, 174133 B, 174 152, 174 162, 361700, 361775, 361699, 361690, 361704, 361715

A method for cooling bus bars in order to increase their current-carrying capacity while saving space and weight. The method comprises the steps of providing a housing having an interior wall; locating a distribution manifold within the housing, the distribution manifold comprising a hollow bus bar ; communicating to the manifold a supply of an evaporative coolant â; and delivering the coolant â outwardly under pressure so that upon exiting the manifold , the coolant â undergoes a phase change from the liquid to the vapor state. Heat is extracted from the manifold at least as quickly as heat is generated by the flow of current. The extraction of heat by the flow of coolant â and evaporation maintains or lowers the temperature of the bus bar and enables a given size of bus bar to carry more current without a significant rise in temperature. The invention also includes an apparatus for cooling bus bars in an electrical circuit. The bus bars are mounted in close proximity with each other, thereby saving space and weight in the electrical circuit and providing good electrical noise immunity.