Heat sink

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10598441-B2
Application number	US-201715813035-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A heat sink includes a base plate thermally connectable to a heat generating element and having a flat plate shape, a first heat radiating fin thermally connected to the base plate, and a second heat radiating fin disposed adjacently to a side end portion of the first heat radiating fin and thermally connected to the base plate. A surface of the first heat radiating fin is not parallel to a surface of the second heat radiating fin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat sink comprising:
a base plate thermally connectable to a heat generating element and having a flat plate shape;
a first heat radiating fin thermally connected to the base plate and mounted on a heat conductive member having a U-shape as viewed in a side view;
a second heat radiating fin disposed adjacently to a side end portion of the first heat radiating fin and not mounted on the heat conductive member and thermally connected to the base plate only by an end portion of the second heat radiating fin mounted on the base plate; and
a third heat radiating fin disposed adjacently to a side end portion of the second heat radiating fin and thermally connected to the base plate and mounted on the heat conductive member,
a bottom portion of the heat conductive member having a U-shape as viewed in a side view is in direct contact with the base plate such that the heat conductive member having a U-shape as viewed in a side view is thermally connected to the base plate,
the second heat radiating fin is arranged in a region where the bottom portion of the heat conductive member having a U-shape as viewed in a side view is attached,
the end portion of the second heat radiating fin is brought into direct contact with a first face side of the base plate and thus the heat generating element is thermally connected to a second face side of a center portion of the base plate,
wherein a surface of the first heat radiating fin is not parallel to a surface of the second heat radiating fin and a surface of the third heat radiating fin is not parallel to a surface of the second heat radiating fin, and wherein cooling air is configured to be supplied to the heat sink from a first heat radiating fin group side or a third heat radiating fin group side in a direction in which the first heat radiating fin group, a second heat radiating fin group and the third heat radiating fin group are arranged along a direction of airflow such that, during operation, cooling air flows through a surface of the first heat radiating fin group side or a surface of the third heat radiating fin group side, then the surface of the second heat radiating fin group, and then the surface of the third heat
radiating fin group are arranged along a direction of airflow such that, during operation, cooling air flows through a surface of the first heat radiating fin group side or a surface of the third heat radiating fin group side, then the surface of the second heat radiating fin group, and then the surface of the third heat radiating fin group side or the surface of the first heat radiating fin group side, respectively;
the heat conductive member is attached to the base plate in a region of the base plate where an end portion of the second heat radiating fin is attached,
the heat generating element is thermally connectable to a region of the base plate where an end portion of the second heat radiating fin is attached.

2. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conductive member is a heat pipe.

3. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein an end portion of the second heat radiating fin is in direct contact with the base plate so that the second heat radiating fin is thermally connected to the base plate.

4. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the first heat radiating fins and a plurality of the third heat radiating fins are arranged in a direction vertical with respect to a surface of the base plate and a plurality of the second heat radiating fins are arranged in a direction parallel to a surface of the base plate.

5. A heat sink comprising two heat sinks as claimed in claim 1 , a height of a second heat radiating fin of the heat sink arranged on a windward side in a flow of a cooling air is lower than a height of a second heat radiating fin of the heat sink arranged on a leeward side in a flow of a cooling air.

6. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat radiating fin is thermally connected to the base plate only at a region where the end portions of the second heat radiating fin is attached to the first face side of the base plate, and the second heat radiating fin is arranged such that the surface of the second heat radiating fin is vertical with respect to the first face of the base plate.

7. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein during operation, cooling air is agitated between the first heat radiating fin and the second heat radiating fin and between the second heat radiating fin and the third heat radiating fin.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawabata Kenya
• Meguro Masahiro
• CHU Kuang Yu
• Tseng Hung Wei

Classifications

• F28D2021/0028

  for cooling heat generating elements, e.g. for cooling electronic components or electric devices · CPC title

• F28D15/0233

  the conduits having a particular shape, e.g. non-circular cross-section, annular (F28D15/0241, F28D15/0266 take precedence) · CPC title

• F28F1/34

  and extending obliquely (F28F1/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F1/32

  the means having portions engaging further tubular elements · CPC title

• F28D15/0275 Primary

  Arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with base blocks; Heat pipe cores · CPC title