High thermal conductivity connector having high electrical isolation

Patent · 01 January 1995

OSTI ID:869736

Nieman, Ralph C ^[1]; Gonczy, John D ^[2]; Nicol, Thomas H ^[3]

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1. Downers Grove, IL
2. Oak Lawn, IL
3. St. Charles, IL

A method and article for providing a low-thermal-resistance, high-electrical-isolation heat intercept connection. The connection method involves clamping, by thermal interference fit, an electrically isolating cylinder between an outer metallic ring and an inner metallic disk. The connection provides durable coupling of a heat sink and a heat source.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• Assignee: University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 5386870
• OSTI ID: 869736
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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