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Heat sink for cooling a heat producing element and application
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1995-05-03
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Granted: 1996-04-02
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Expires: 2015-05-03
Abstract
Abstract A heat sink mounted on a heat producing element for cooling the heat producing element attached on the printed board of the electronic apparatus, having a heat sink body made of a good heat conductive material and a fan assembly installed inside the heat sink body. The heat sink body is efficiently air-cooled by a cooling air generated by the rotation of the fan assembly. The cooling air forcibly cools a base and a fixing wall of the base adjacent to the heat producing element and plate-like radiating fins or a pin-like radiating fins are protruded on the heat sink body to radiate the heat effectively. The position of the fan assembly is at the center of the heat sink body or is at the offset position from the center of the heat sink body. The heat sink of the present invention can be installed in a portable electronic apparatus such as a portable computer.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadashi Katsui
- 👤 Katsuhiko Nakata
- 👤 Takeshi Koga
- 👤 Tadanobu Matsumura
- 👤 Yoshimi Tanaka
- 👤 Yasuaki Sugimoto
- 👤 Takashi Kitahara
- 👤 Takayuki Horinishi
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-31 15:09
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W40/00; H10W40/40; H10W40/43; F; F28; F28F; F28F3/00; F28F3/02; F28F3/022; G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/20; G06F1/203; G06F1/206; H10W40/60; H10W40/611
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A heat sink for cooling a heat producing element, comprising: a heat sink body having a width made of a material having a good heat conductivity, the heat sink body including a wall capable of being mounted on the heat producing element; a fan assembly have a diameter installed in an internal space of the heat sink body, the fan assembly extending into the heat sink body to a certain depth the fan assembly including a drive and fan blades fixed on a rotating shaft of the drive, wherein the wall is cooled by a cooling air generated by a rotation of the fan blades, and wherein the width of the heat sink body and the diameter of the fan assembly are substantially different; a vertical partition surrounding the vertical height of the fan blades, the vertical partition being shorter than the depth extent of the fan assembly; and heat radiation fins disposed on a top face of the wall within a region of the heat sink body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A heat sink for cooling a heat producing element, comprising: a heat sink body having a width made of a material having a good heat conductivity, the heat sink body including a wall capable of being mounted on the heat producing element; a fan assembly have a diameter installed in an internal space of the heat sink body, the fan assembly extending into the heat sink body to a certain depth the fan assembly including a drive and fan blades fixed on a rotating shaft of the drive, wherein the wall is cooled by a cooling air generated by a rotation of the fan blades, and wherein the width of the heat sink body and the diameter of the fan assembly are substantially different; a vertical partition surrounding the vertical height of the fan blades, the vertical partition being shorter than the depth extent of the fan assembly; and heat radiation fins disposed on a top face of the wall within a region of the heat sink body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The heat sink for cooling the heat producing element as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a top plate disposed on a top face of the heat sink body, wherein a ventilation path is formed between the top plate and the wall.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The heat sink for cooling the heat producing element as set forth in claim 2, wherein the top plate has a circular recess for receiving the fan assembly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The heat sink for cooling the heat producing element as set forth in claim 1, wherein the fan assembly rotating shaft is disposed at the center of the heat sink body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The heat sink for cooling the heat producing element as set forth in claim 3, wherein a center portion of the top plate has a circular recess for receiving the fan assembly.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The heat sink for cooling the heat producing element as set forth in claim 1, wherein the wall has, disposed on the top face thereof, one of a plurality of comb-like heat radiation fins and a plurality of pin-like heat radiation fins.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
170 words
A heat sink for cooling a heat producing element, comprising: a heat sink body made of the material having the good heat conductivity, the heat sink body including a wall capable of being mounted on the heat producing element; a fan assembly having a diameter installed in an internal space of the heat sink body, the fan assembly extending into the heat sink body to a certain depth and supported by said wall, including a drive and fan blades fixed on a rotating shaft of the drive, wherein the wall is cooled by a cooling air generated by a rotation of the fan blades, and wherein the width of the heat sink body and the diameter of the fan assembly are substantially different, thereby defining a region between the fan assembly and the outer periphery of the heat sink body; a vertical partition surrounding the periphery of the fan blades; and heat radiation fins disposed on a top face of the wall within the region of the heat sink body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
170 words
A heat sink for cooling a heat producing element, comprising: a heat sink body made of the material having the good heat conductivity, the heat sink body including a wall capable of being mounted on the heat producing element; a fan assembly having a diameter installed in an internal space of the heat sink body, the fan assembly extending into the heat sink body to a certain depth and supported by said wall, including a drive and fan blades fixed on a rotating shaft of the drive, wherein the wall is cooled by a cooling air generated by a rotation of the fan blades, and wherein the width of the heat sink body and the diameter of the fan assembly are substantially different, thereby defining a region between the fan assembly and the outer periphery of the heat sink body; a vertical partition surrounding the periphery of the fan blades; and heat radiation fins disposed on a top face of the wall within the region of the heat sink body.
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