Heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, method for producing same and motor provided with same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11454459-B2
Application number	US-202117248007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2021
Priority date	Sep 12, 2012
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, a manufacturing method and a motor provided with the heat-sink base. The base is produced by pouring cast metal into a mold cavity to replace a pattern having a predetermined sublimation temperature. The base includes a preformed heat-sink member comprising a plurality of heat-sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion embedded at least partially in the pattern, and a base body comprising an enclosed base portion and a holder portion for receiving and holding the at least one anchor portion. By virtue of the invented method, the heat-sink member having an extremely thin thickness can be mounted on the base body and the overall surface area of the heat-sink base is increased considerably.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a heat sink, the method comprising:
a) placing a pattern having a sublimation temperature into a chamber;
b) filling the chamber with molding sand, thereby defining a space;
c) melting a base material to its molten state;
d) pouring the molten base material into the space to make the pattern sublimated; and
e) cooling the base material, so that the pattern is replaced by the base material to produce the heat sink, wherein the heat sink comprises: (i) a heat sink member comprising a plurality of heat sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion for each of the plurality of heat sink fin portions, and (ii) a tubular base body comprising a base portion and a holder portion, the holder portion recessed into an outer surface of the tubular base body and being adapted to clamp the anchor portions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step a) further comprises the sub-steps of:
a1) inserting the at least one anchor portion of the heat sink member into the pattern; and
a2) placing the pattern inserted with the at least one anchor portion of the heat sink member into the chamber.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to the step a), a step a3) of placing the heat sink member into a mold having a mold cavity complementary to the pattern and the heat sink member, and forming the pattern in the mold cavity by foam molding.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, subsequent to the step e), a step f) of removing the molding sand.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming the plurality of heat sink fin portions from a repeatedly folded, single sheet of conductive foil.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base portion and the holder portion are made of a same metal material.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the holder portion comprises a plurality of portions each within a corresponding one of the anchor portions.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a portion of each of the plurality of heat sink fin portions extends below the outer surface of the tubular base body.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising coating the portion of each of the plurality of heat sink fin portions with a material that promotes bonding with the tubular base body.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pattern has a predetermined sublimation temperature.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the molding sand has a phase transformation temperature higher than the predetermined sublimation temperature of the pattern.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the base material has a melting point higher than the predetermined sublimation temperature of the pattern and lower than the phase transformation temperature of the molding sand.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the base material has a melting point, and wherein cooling the base material comprises cooling the base material to a temperature below the melting point.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of heat sink fin portions is folded once, and wherein two end portions of the at least one of the plurality of heat sink fin portions form two of the anchor portions.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heat sink member comprises a plurality of heat sink plates, each of the heat sink plates comprising one of the anchor portions from which one of the heat sink fin portions extends, wherein a closing-up portion extends from an opposite end of the heat sink fin portion, and wherein two adjacent ones of the heat sink plates constitute an enclosed ventilation channel.

16. A heat sink produced by the method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Atieva Inc

Inventors

• Chuang Chia-Ming

Classifications

• B22C9/02

  Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings · CPC title

• F28F3/00 Primary

  Plate-like or laminated elements; Assemblies of plate-like or laminated elements (specially adapted for movement F28F5/00) · CPC title

• H02K15/14

  Casings; Enclosures; Supports · CPC title

• H02K9/227 Primary

  Heat sinks · CPC title

• B22D19/0054

  rotors, stators for electrical motors · CPC title