Cooler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10147669-B2
Application number	US-201415102732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Dec 11, 2013
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A cooler includes: a fin having a coolant inflow port; and a nozzle configured to eject the supplied coolant toward the coolant inflow port. The nozzle includes a flow passage wall, a tip end, a pressure receiving portion and a deformation portion. The tip end provides a coolant supply hole that ejects the coolant flowing through the flow passage. The pressure receiving portion is configured to be provided between the flow passage wall and the coolant supply hole, and to receive force in an ejection direction of the coolant. The deformation portion is configured to be provided either of between the flow passage wall and the pressure receiving portion and in the pressure receiving portion, and to displace the coolant supply hole in the ejection direction of the coolant in response to the force in the ejection direction of the coolant, the force being received by the pressure receiving portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooler, comprising:
a heat transfer member having a coolant inflow port into which coolant flows; and
a nozzle configured to eject a supplied coolant toward the coolant inflow port, the nozzle including a flow passage wall, a tip end, a pressure receiving portion and a deformation portion, the flow passage wall including a flow passage for the supplied coolant, the tip end including an ejection port that ejects the coolant flowing through the flow passage, the pressure receiving portion being configured to receive force in an ejection direction of the coolant, the pressure receiving portion being provided between the flow passage wall and the ejection port, the deformation portion being configured to displace the ejection port in the ejection direction of the coolant in response to the force in the ejection direction of the coolant, the force being received by the pressure receiving portion, and the deformation portion being provided either between the flow passage wall and the pressure receiving portion or in the pressure receiving portion,
wherein the pressure receiving portion has a concave curved surface that receives the ejected coolant, and
wherein the deformation portion is configured to have the tip end contact the heat transfer member in response to the force being received by the pressure receiving portion.

2. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein
rigidity of the deformation portion is lower than rigidity of the flow passage wall.

3. The cooler according to claim 2 , wherein
a thickness of the deformation portion is thinner than a thickness of the flow passage wall.

4. The cooler according to claim 2 , wherein
the deformation portion is made of a material lower in rigidity than the flow passage wall.

5. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein
a thin portion that is locally thin is provided in the tip end.

6. The cooler according to claim 5 , wherein
a plurality of the thin portions are provided.

7. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein
the pressure receiving portion has an inclined surface inclined such that a width of a vicinity of the ejection port is narrow from the flow passage wall toward the ejection port.

8. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein
the nozzle includes a tip end member on a peripheral portion of the ejection port, the tip end member serving as a second tip end having the concave curved surface that receives the ejected coolant.

9. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein
a peripheral portion of the ejection port extends along a surface of the heat transfer member, the surface being opposite to the ejection port.

10. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat transfer member having the coolant inflow port is a radiating fin that cools a cooling target.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takano Yuya

Classifications

• F28F25/06

  Spray nozzles or spray pipes · CPC title

• H10W40/776

  Arrangements for jet impingement, e.g. for spraying · CPC title

• H10W40/47

  by flowing liquids, e.g. forced water cooling · CPC title

• H10W40/43

  by flowing gases, e.g. forced air cooling · CPC title

• H10W40/475 Primary

  using jet impingement (H10W40/776 takes precedence) · CPC title