A modular system for thermal control of a vehicle component includes a modular thermal control unit configured to be removably installed in a vehicle, the modular thermal control unit including a housing, a heat exchange component, and a connection assembly configured to removably connect the heat exchange component in thermal communication with a thermal loop of the vehicle.

A transducer system includes a housing, an electromechanical transducer within the housing, a wicking material adjacent to a portion of the electromechanical transducer, and a coolant solution within the housing. The coolant solution transitions from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase in response to a temperature of the electromechanical transducer exceeding a threshold temperature. In some example cases, the coolant solution has a boiling point of less than about 60° C., which effectively defines the threshold temperature. The coolant solution may be chosen such that it remains a liquid during a first phase (cooling via conduction), and then evaporates during a second phase (cooling via conduction and convection) as the electromechanical transducer heats up.

Electronic devices are disclosed including hydrophobic or oleophobic coatings that control coolant flow therein or thereon. In at least one embodiment, a power inverter cold plate is provided including coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, a coolant flow spreading region, a coolant flow collection region, and a coolant heat-transfer region disposed therebetween; and one or more layers of a hydrophobic or oleophobic coating configured to control a flow of coolant in the cold plate. A method may include applying one or more layers of a hydrophobic or oleophobic coating to a power inverter cold plate to control a flow of coolant in the cold plate, the one or more layers being applied to one or more of a coolant flow spreading region, a coolant flow collection region, or a coolant heat-transfer region disposed therebetween. The layers may define coolant flow paths, eliminate recirculation zones, and/or prevent coolant leak paths.

A sheet-shaped heat pipe includes a sheet-shaped container, a wick sealed in the container, and a working fluid sealed in the container, the sheet-shaped container including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet, the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet being superposed in direct contact with each other at a peripheral edge portion, and the sheet-shaped container having a thickness of about 0.5 mm or less, and a thin heat dissipating plate that includes the sheet-shaped heat pipe.

A temperature control apparatus is disposed in a first environment and a second environment. The temperature control apparatus includes a heat exchanging unit and a working fluid. The heat exchanging unit is independently disposed and divided into a first heat exchanging portion and a second heat exchanging portion. The heat exchanging unit includes a pipe and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins for cooling the pipe. Two ends of the pipe are connected to from a closed pipe. The pipe runs in the first and the second heat exchanging portions alternately. The heat-dissipating fins are not continuously disposed in the first heat exchanging portion and the second heat exchanging portion. The first heat exchanging portion is correspondingly disposed at the first environment. The second heat exchanging portion is correspondingly disposed at the second environment. The working fluid flows in the pipe.

A thermal management system for an electric component has a housing for the electric component and a heat exchange plate extending over the surface of the lateral face of the housing. The plate has a fluid channel between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a supply duct to supply the plate with fluid and a discharge duct, a casing defining the housing(s) and receiving the heat exchange plate and the supply and discharge ducts. The system includes a fluid collecting box arranged to collect fluid from a possible fluid leakage at the junction between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the plate and the associated supply and discharge ducts, so as to prevent said leaked fluid from dripping into a bottom of the casing.

A slim vapor chamber includes a first plate, a second plate and a capillary structure. The periphery of the second plate is connected with that of the first plate to form a chamber. The capillary structure is disposed on an inner wall of the chamber. Both of a side of the first plate facing the second plate and a side of the second plate facing the first plate are formed with a plurality of supporting structures, which include a plurality of supporting pillars and a plurality of supporting plates, by an etching process.

A heat exchanger has a structure in which a heat exchanger main body through which coolant flows is obliquely installed in a box-shaped enclosure, the heat exchanger main body is constituted by a header pipe and a plurality of heat transfer pipes connected to the header pipe and disposed at predetermined intervals along a surface of a part of the header pipe, the header pipe has an area adjacent to an inner surface of the enclosure, and a seal section is provided between the inner surface of the enclosure and the area of the header pipe adjacent to the enclosure.

Systems and methods of transmitting heat away from an ultrasound probe are disclosed within. In one embodiment, a handheld ultrasound probe includes a transducer, electronics configured to drive the transducer, and a housing surrounding the transducer assembly and the electronics. A slot extending from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing and can allow air to pass adjacent transducer and the electronics. The slot can be sized to inhibit accessibility of an operator's finger to an inner surface of slot.

A temperature plate device includes a plate body and a bent structure. The plate body includes a first plate and a second plate. A chamber is defined by the first plate and the second plate. The first plate has a first step section. The second plate has a second step section corresponding to the first step section. The bent structure is connected to and traverses the first step section between the first step section and the second step section.