Robert E. Simons
295Patents
58h-index
54Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 28, 1975 → May 12, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6819563B1 | Method and system for cooling electronics racks using pre-cooled air | Electricity | 334 | Expired |
| US6775137B2 | Method and apparatus for combined air and liquid cooling of stacked electronics components | Electricity | 275 | Expired |
| US7385810B2 | Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack employing a heat exchange assembly mounted to an outlet door cover of the electronics rack | Electricity | 156 | Active |
| US6924981B2 | Method for combined air and liquid cooling of stacked electronics components | Electricity | 152 | Expired |
| US3993123A | Gas encapsulated cooling module | Electricity | 149 | Expired |
| US7012807B2 | Thermal dissipation assembly and fabrication method for electronics drawer of a multiple-drawer electronics rack | Physics | 145 | Expired |
| US7106590B2 | Cooling system and method employing multiple dedicated coolant conditioning units for cooling multiple electronics subsystems | Electricity | 142 | Expired |
| US6973801B1 | Cooling system and method employing a closed loop coolant path and micro-scaled cooling structure within an electronics subsystem of an electronics rack | Electricity | 142 | Expired |
| US8014150B2 | Cooled electronic module with pump-enhanced, dielectric fluid immersion-cooling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Active |
| US6705089B2 | Two stage cooling system employing thermoelectric modules | Electricity | 122 | Expired |
| US7086247B2 | Cooling system and method employing auxiliary thermal capacitor unit for facilitating continuous operation of an electronics rack | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 120 | Expired |
| US6366462B1 | Electronic module with integral refrigerant evaporator assembly and control system therefore | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 117 | Expired |
| US7477514B2 | Method of facilitating cooling of electronics racks of a data center employing multiple cooling stations | Electricity | 112 | Active |
| US7967062B2 | Thermally conductive composite interface, cooled electronic assemblies employing the same, and methods of fabrication thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 111 | Active |
| US5269372A | Intersecting flow network for a cold plate cooling system | Electricity | 109 | Expired |
| US5370178A | Convertible cooling module for air or water cooling of electronic circuit components | Electricity | 99 | Expired |
| US5456081A | Thermoelectric cooling assembly with optimized fin structure for improved thermal performance and manufacturability | Electricity | 98 | Expired |
| US7450385B1 | Liquid-based cooling apparatus for an electronics rack | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 96 | Active |
| US8027162B2 | Liquid-cooled electronics apparatus and methods of fabrication | Electricity | 95 | Active |
| US7963119B2 | Hybrid air and liquid coolant conditioning unit for facilitating cooling of one or more electronics racks of a data center | Physics | 93 | Active |
| US6301109A | Isothermal heat sink with cross-flow openings between channels | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US4233644A | Dual-pull air cooling for a computer frame | Electricity | 89 | Expired |
| US7274566B2 | Cooling apparatus for an electronics subsystem employing a coolant flow drive apparatus between coolant flow paths | Electricity | 88 | Expired |
| US6034872A | Cooling computer systems | Physics | 88 | Expired |
| US6253835A | Isothermal heat sink with converging, diverging channels | Electricity | 87 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.