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Cooling arrangement for heat generating electrical components

Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1986-06-27
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Granted: 1987-12-01
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Expires: 2006-06-27
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Abstract

Abstract A protection against overheating not only of the heat transmitting component (2), but also of the components (3) surrounding said component is achieved. A latent heat store (1) is provided between the heat transmitting component (2) or a part thereof and a component (3) to be protected from overheating or a part thereof. The latent heat store (1) comprises a latent heat storing agent, whose melting-point T is between the operating temperature of the heat transmitting component (2) and the maximum permissible temperature of the component (3) to be protected. The quantity is proportioned so that the storage capacity of the latent heat store (1) is sufficient for the amount of heat maximally to be transmitted by the heat transmitting component (2). Between the heat transmitting component (2) and the latent heat source (1) and between the latent heat store (1) and the component (3) to be protected a thermal insulation (4,5) is provided. The melting-point T of the latent heat storing agent and the thicknesses d of the insulations (4,5) are proportioned so that the temperature gradient ΔT/d from the heat transmitting component (2) which is at operating temperature to the latent heat store (1) is greater than the temperature gradient ΔT/d from the latent heat store (1) to the component (3) to be protected.

Inventors

  • 👤 Johann Schroder
  • 👤 Klaus Gawron
  • 👤 Leo Bertram
  • 👤 Hugo Schemmann

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K5/00; C09K5/02; C09K5/06; C09K5/063; A; A45; A45D; A45D20/00; A45D20/04; A45D20/08; A45D20/10; A45D20/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S165/00; Y10S165/902

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 193 words
A cooling arrangement for heat generating electrical components comprising: a latent heat store between the heat generating component and a component to be protected from overheating, the latent heat store comprising a latent heat storing agent whose melting-point T is between the operating temperature of the heat generating component and the maximum permissible temperature of the component to be protected, the quantity of said storing agent is proportioned so that the storage capacity of the latent heat store is sufficient for the amount of maximum heat generated by the heat generating component, between the heat transmitting component and the latent heat store and between the latent heat store and the component to be protected, a thermal insulation is provided, and the melting-point T of the latent heat storing agent and the thicknesses d of the respective insulations between said heat transmitting component and store, and store and component to be protected are proportioned so that the temperature gradient ΔT/d from the heat generating component, which is at the operating temperature, to the latent heat store is greater than the temperature gradient ΔT/d from the latent heat store to the component to be protected.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 193 words
A cooling arrangement for heat generating electrical components comprising: a latent heat store between the heat generating component and a component to be protected from overheating, the latent heat store comprising a latent heat storing agent whose melting-point T is between the operating temperature of the heat generating component and the maximum permissible temperature of the component to be protected, the quantity of said storing agent is proportioned so that the storage capacity of the latent heat store is sufficient for the amount of maximum heat generated by the heat generating component, between the heat transmitting component and the latent heat store and between the latent heat store and the component to be protected, a thermal insulation is provided, and the melting-point T of the latent heat storing agent and the thicknesses d of the respective insulations between said heat transmitting component and store, and store and component to be protected are proportioned so that the temperature gradient ΔT/d from the heat generating component, which is at the operating temperature, to the latent heat store is greater than the temperature gradient ΔT/d from the latent heat store to the component to be protected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
A cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latent heat store comprises a salt hydrate or a hydroxide hydrate as a latent heat storing agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latent heat store is composed of several parts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 67 words
A cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the latent heat store is provided between a part of the heat generating component and a part of the component to be protected from overheating, and heat conducting devices which are in thermal contact with the latent heat store are provided between the two thermal insulations in those places in which no latent heat store is present.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
A cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 1 incorporated in an electric apparatus in which the heat transmitting component is an electric motor and the component to be protected from overheating is a wall of a housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 14 words
A cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 5, incorporated in an electric shaving apparatus.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 33 words
A cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 6, wherein the latent heat storing agent comprises CH 3 COONa.3H 2 O or NaOh.H 2 O eutect. or congr., or CaCl 2 .6H 2 O.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 122 words
An appliance structure for containing a heat generating motor comprising: a conductive sheet surrounding a heat generating electrical motor and spaced apart therefrom at a first distance forming an insulating barrier with said electrical component; a latent heat store in contact with a portion of said conductive sheet, said heat store including a heat storing agent; and an exterior wall spaced apart from said conductive sheet and said heat store a second distance greater than said first distance, forming a second insulating barrier having a temperature gradient smaller than a temperature gradient of said first insulating barrier, whereby said exterior wall is maintained at a temperature below a required handling limit while said motor temperature is maintained at a higher operating temperature.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 122 words
An appliance structure for containing a heat generating motor comprising: a conductive sheet surrounding a heat generating electrical motor and spaced apart therefrom at a first distance forming an insulating barrier with said electrical component; a latent heat store in contact with a portion of said conductive sheet, said heat store including a heat storing agent; and an exterior wall spaced apart from said conductive sheet and said heat store a second distance greater than said first distance, forming a second insulating barrier having a temperature gradient smaller than a temperature gradient of said first insulating barrier, whereby said exterior wall is maintained at a temperature below a required handling limit while said motor temperature is maintained at a higher operating temperature.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 21 words
The structure of claim 8 comprising a second latent heat store in contact with a second portion of said conductive sheet.

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