Patent ID: 7137444

Claim:
A method for controlling and stabilizing heat-transfer conditions between a source of heat and a heat-receiving object in a range of working temperatures, said method comprising the steps of: providing a heat-transfer interface device, which is in heat-transfer engagement with said source of heat and said heat-receiving object and which is located between said source of heat and said heat-receiving object, said heat-transfer interface device comprising an elastomeric material filled with an electrically-nonconductive and thermally-conductive filler, said heat-transfer interface device having a space that can be filled with said elastomeric material during redistribution thereof in said heat-transfer interface device under the effect of variations in said working temperature, said heat-transfer interface device having one side facing said source of heat and another side facing said heat-receiving object; compressing said heat-transfer interface device with a compression force that displaces said elastomeric material into said space, said compression force having a magnitude that maintains said heat-transfer interface device in a compressed state and maintains said heat-transfer engagement at variations of said working temperatures; and said heat-transfer interface device having a working temperature up to 320° C.; said heat-transfer interface device having a surface with a curvature, said space being selected from the group consisting of a space inside said elastomeric material and a space formed between said surface and one of said source of heat and said heat-receiving object; wherein said space being selected from the group consisting of a space inside said elastomeric material and a space formed between said surface and one of said source of heat and said heat-receiving object, and wherein said space inside said elastomeric material comprising recesses formed in the surface of said elastomeric material, said space formed between said heat-transfer interface device and one of said source of heat and said heat-receiving object being formed by curvature.