Patent ID: 7549460
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: F28F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A thermal transfer device comprising: a housing which includes a thermal transfer base for providing thermal transfer for a component to be thermally treated; a chamber at least partially defined by the housing, the chamber having an inlet through which fluid enters the chamber and an outlet through which the fluid exits the chamber; a fluid-porous, thermally-conductive wire mesh structure situated in the chamber in thermal conducting relation with the thermal transfer plate for transferring thermal energy acquired from the thermal transfer base to the fluid in the chamber as the fluid travels through interstices of the wire mesh structure, the wire mesh structure being one of a diffusion bonded wire mesh and an expanded metal wire mesh; wherein the wire mesh structure has an opening aligned with the inlet, and further comprising a nozzle which extends through the inlet so that fluid discharged from the nozzle impinges through the opening and essentially directly on the thermal transfer base.