US Patent 7626821 Adaptor for graphics module

Patent 7626821 was granted and assigned to Nvidia on December, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

NVIDIA

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7626821

Date of Patent

December 1, 2009

Patent Application Number

11944139

Date Filed

November 21, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

Boris L. Chervinsky

Patent abstract

Embodiments of this invention relate generally to systems used to cool computer hardware and more particularly to an adaptor for a graphics module. In one embodiment a graphics card assembly is provided. The graphics card assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB); a graphics processing unit (GPU) attached to the PCB; and an adaptor having first and second surfaces and made from a thermally conductive material. The adaptor is disposed on the PCB so that the first surface is in thermal communication with the GPU and the second surface providing a standard interface for thermal communication with a cooling system.