Patent ID: 9303926
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: F28D,F28F,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A cooling apparatus comprising: a heat exchanger comprising a compartment in fluid communication with a cooling loop; and a vapor condenser disposed within the compartment of the heat exchanger to facilitate vapor condensate formation from vaporized coolant within the compartment, the vapor condenser comprising a thermally conductive base structure having a vertical orientation, and a plurality of condenser fins extending from the thermally conductive base structure into the compartment, the plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins having a varying transverse cross-sectional perimeter along at least a portion of their length, wherein the transverse cross-sectional perimeters of the plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins increase in a direction of condensate travel as the vapor condenser facilitates vapor condensate formation on the plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins within the compartment.