Patent ID: 8776871

Claim:
A chassis with distributed jet cooling, the chassis comprising: one or more sidewalls defining a volume configured to substantially surround one or more heat generating components positioned within the volume; at least one array of fins thermally coupled to a respective one of the one or more sidewalls; at least one synthetic jet assembly comprising a multi-orifice synthetic jet or a plurality of single orifice synthetic jets disposed on a side of a respective one of the at least one array of fins, wherein each of the single orifice synthetic jets is configured to direct a jet at an end of a respective one of the fins, wherein each of the single orifice jets comprises an orifice, wherein at least a subset of the orifices have an opening length L in a range of about three (3) millimeters (mm) to about seventeen (17) mm, and wherein a distance d between a respective one of the orifices and the respective end of the fin is in a range of about one millimeter (mm) to about seven (7) mm; and at least one attachment means for attaching a respective one of the at least one synthetic jet assemblies to a respective one of the one or more sidewalls.