Cleaner with heat dissipation structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024206130-A1
Application number	US-202318471298-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 21, 2023
Priority date	Dec 15, 2022
Publication date	Jun 20, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cleaner includes a battery which is detachable from a main body, a printed circuit board (PCB) provided in the main body, a first connector provided on the PCB and including a first terminal portion, a second connector provided in the battery and including a second terminal portion coupled to the first terminal portion when the battery is mounted onto a battery mounting portion, and a heat dissipation structure provided on the PCB and configured to dissipate heat from the first terminal portion. The heat dissipation structure including a heat dissipation pad provided on the PCB and a plurality of heat dissipation patterns arranged two-dimensionally on the heat dissipation pad.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cleaner comprising:
a main body including a board accommodating portion and a battery mounting portion; a printed circuit board disposed in the board accommodating portion; a first connector provided on the printed circuit board and including a first terminal portion, wherein the first terminal portion is exposed to the outside through the battery mounting portion; a battery which is detachable from the battery mounting portion; a second connector provided in the battery and including a second terminal portion coupled to the first terminal portion when the battery is mounted onto the battery mounting portion; and a heat dissipation structure provided on the printed circuit board and configured to dissipate heat from the first terminal portion, wherein the heat dissipation structure includes a heat dissipation pad provided on the printed circuit board and a plurality of heat dissipation patterns arranged two-dimensionally on the heat dissipation pad.

2 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the printed circuit board includes a region where a control signal pattern is provided, and the heat dissipation pad is provided on a region of a surface of the printed circuit board, other than the region where the control signal pattern is formed.

3 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals, and the heat dissipation pad is separated from the first power terminals.

4 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals, and the heat dissipation pad is connected to the first power terminals.

5 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals, the printed circuit board includes power connection portions connected to the first power terminal portion, and the heat dissipation pad is separated from current paths between the first power terminals and the power connection portions.

6 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals, the printed circuit board includes power connection portions connected to the first power terminal portion, and the heat dissipation pad is connected to current paths between the first power terminals and the power connection portions.

7 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the printed circuit board includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and the heat dissipation structure includes a first heat dissipation structure provided on the first side and a second heat dissipation structure provided on the second side.

8 . The cleaner of claim 7 , wherein the first heat dissipation structure is connected to the second heat dissipation structure by a plurality of thermally conductive through-holes defined through the printed circuit board.

9 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the printed circuit board is a multilayer printed circuit board, the heat dissipation pad includes:
a pair of surface heat dissipation pads disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board and provided with the plurality of heat dissipation patterns defined thereon; and
interlayer heat dissipation pads disposed between the pair of surface heat dissipation pads, and
at least two selected from the pair of surface heat dissipation pads and the interlayer heat dissipation pads are thermally connected to each other.

10 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals and first control signal terminals, and each of the first power terminals includes a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the first control signal terminals.

11 . The cleaner of claim 10 , wherein the first power terminals are silver-plated.

12 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals and first control signal terminals, and each of the first power terminals is larger than each of the first control signal terminals.

13 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the battery mounting portion is provided with air holes defined therein, wherein an inside of the board accommodating portion communicates with an outside thereof through the air holes.

14 . The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein the air holes are adjacent to the first connector.

15 . The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein
the main body includes an intake passage through which outside air is drawn in, and a first communication port configured to communicate with the board accommodating portion is provided in the intake passage.

16 . The cleaner of claim 15 , comprising a first cooling passage with one end connected to the first communication port and another end extending toward the printed circuit board.

17 . The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein
the main body includes an exhaust passage through which air drawn therein is discharged, and the exhaust passage is connected to the board accommodating portion.

18 . The cleaner of claim 17 , comprising a second cooling passage with one end branching off from the exhaust passage and another end extending toward the printed circuit board.

19 . The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal portion includes first power terminals and first control signal terminals, and the first power terminals include: engaging portions protruding from the first side of the printed circuit board and engaged with the second terminal portion; and protruding portions respectively extending from the engaging portions in a thickness direction of the printed circuit board and penetrating the printed circuit board to protrude further than the first control signal terminals from the second side of the printed circuit board.

20 . The cleaner of claim 1 , comprising a dummy terminal protruding from at least one selected from the first side and the second side of the printed circuit board.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Seongu
• Kim Hyunwoo
• Song Mijeong
• Lee Ahyoung
• Lee Yeongju
• Jeong Jaeshik

Classifications

• A47L9/2889

  Safety or protection devices or systems, e.g. for prevention of motor over-heating or for protection of the user · CPC title

• H05K1/02

  Details · CPC title

• H01M50/519

  comprising printed circuit boards [PCB] · CPC title

• H01M50/247

  specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers · CPC title

• A47L9/28

  Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means · CPC title