Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9059146-B2
Application number	US-201213449591-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2012
Priority date	Apr 18, 2011
Publication date	Jun 16, 2015
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015

Abstract

A curved wall 51 a is curved along a logarithmic spiral with a rotation axis C of a cooling fan 40 so that the flow path cross-sectional area of a first air flow path S 1 gradually becomes larger toward a second air flow path S 2 . Further, the second air flow path S 2 is formed to have a larger cross-sectional area than the downstream end of the first air flow path S 1 , and heat sinks 61 and 62 are arranged on the second air flow path S 2 . According to the above electronic apparatus, it is possible to efficiently provide an air flow that is formed by the cooling fan to the heat sink.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a cooling fan arranged such that rotation axis of the cooling fan is along a direction perpendicular to a circuit board;
a cover that covers air flow paths formed on a periphery of the cooling fan;
a curved wall constituting the cover, the curved wall surrounding a part of an outer circumference of the cooling fan to define a first air flow path between the curved wall and the outer circumference of the cooling fan, the curved wall being curved around the rotation axis of the cooling fan such that a flow path cross-sectional area of the first air flow path gradually becomes larger downstream in the first air flow path;
a second air flow path continues from the first air flow path and formed inside the cover, the second air flow path having a larger flow path cross-sectional area than that of a downstream end of the first air flow path,
wherein the first air flow path and the second air flow path are part of the air flow paths; and
a heat sink arranged in the second air flow path,
wherein the cover includes:
a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall extending from a terminal portion that is one end of the curved wall and functioning as a side wall of the second air flow path, the second side wall facing the first side wall and functioning as an opposite side wall of the second air flow path to the first side wall,
the second side wall including a straight portion and a curved portion, wherein the curved portion extends from another end of the curved wall to the straight portion, wherein the curved portion is curved away from the rotation axis of the cooling fan in a direction perpendicular to an air flow direction at a downstream end of the cover,

wherein the heat sink is offset from the second side wall toward the first side wall such that a part of the second air flow path between the heat sink and the second side wall continues to the downstream end of the cover,
wherein a minimum distance from the second side wall to the heat sink is greater than a minimum distance from the first side wall to the heat sink, and
wherein the minimum distance from the second side wall to the heat sink increases in the airflow direction of the second air flow path.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second side wall extends from a start portion that is the another end of the curved wall, the start portion of the curved wall is positioned on an opposite side to the terminal portion of the curved wall across a straight line, wherein the straight line passes the rotation axis of the cooling fan and is along the air flow direction of the second air flow path.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second side wall extends from the start portion of the curved wall in a direction that is diagonal to the air flow direction of the second air flow path.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a portion of the heat sink is positioned from the rotation axis of the cooling fan in the air flow direction of the second air flow path.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the start portion of the curved wall is positioned apart from the heat sink in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis of the cooling fan and the start position is positioned apart from the cooling fan in a radial direction of the cooling fan.

Assignees

• Inoue Yukito
• Hirose Kenji
• Sony Corp
• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Inoue Yukito
• Hirose Kenji

Classifications

• H10W40/43 Primary

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

• H05K7/20154

  Heat dissipaters coupled to components · CPC title

• H05K7/20145

  Means for directing air flow, e.g. ducts, deflectors, plenum or guides · CPC title

• G06F1/20

  Cooling means · CPC title

• H01L23/467 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic