Casing for electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9600042-B2
Application number	US-201414559210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2014
Priority date	Jan 8, 2014
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a heating element; a casing including a tightly sealed waterproof compartment where the heating element is disposed and a ventilation chamber being disposed adjacent to the waterproof compartment to allow outside air to flow; and a heat dissipation member provided at a side of the waterproof compartment of a partition wall partitioning the waterproof compartment and the ventilation chamber, wherein the heating element is disposed on the heat dissipation member and a thickness of the partition wall at a position where at least the heating element is disposed is thinner than that of other portions of the partition wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a heating element;
a casing including a tightly sealed waterproof compartment where the heating element is disposed and a ventilation chamber being disposed adjacent to the waterproof compartment to allow outside air to flow;
a heat dissipation member provided at a side of the waterproof compartment of a partition wall partitioning the waterproof compartment and the ventilation chamber,
wherein the heating element is disposed on the heat dissipation member and a thickness of the partition wall at a position where at least the heating element is disposed is thinner than that of other portions of the partition wall, and
wherein the heat dissipation member is formed in a plate shape or a sheet shape, a mounting recess on which the heat dissipation member is attached is formed at the side of the waterproof compartment in the partition wall, and the thin wall portion is formed in a bottom wall portion of the mounting recess:
an inner recess, which forms the thin wall portion, formed at the side of the waterproof compartment in the bottom wall portion; and
an accommodating recess, which is recessed above at least a portion of the inner recess and in which the heating element is received, formed in the heat dissipation member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the thin wall portion is configured to span from one end of the heating element to the other end thereof when viewing the partition wall in a wall thickness direction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
heat dissipation member is a same size as the heating element when viewing the partition wall in the wall thickness direction.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an outer recess, which forms the thin wall portion, formed at a side of the ventilation chamber in the partition wall.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the thin wall portion is configured to overlap with an entirety of the heating element when viewing the partition wall in the wall thickness direction.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the heating element is attached to the heat dissipation member through a heat transfer member or configured to face the heat dissipation member.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat dissipation member is configured to further extend outside of a parameter of the heating element.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein
the heating element is located at a central portion of the heat dissipation member.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an intake port and an exhaust port, that communicate with the ventilation chamber, formed in the casing, and
a blower, configured to cause outside air to flow along the partition wall, installed in the ventilation chamber.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the blower is disposed to face the heating element by interposing the partition wall therebetween to spray outside air on the partition wall.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein
the intake port is located at a side of the blower that is opposite to the partition wall.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the intake port is disposed at one side of the heating element, and the exhaust port and the blower are disposed at the other side of the heating element when viewing the partition wall in the wall thickness direction.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing includes a main body casing provided with the waterproof compartment and a cover attached to the main body casing to form the ventilation chamber.

14. An electronic device comprising;
a heating element;
a casing including sealed waterproof compartment where the heating element is disposed and a ventilation chamber being disposed adjacent to the waterproof compartment to allow outside air to flow;
a heat dissipation member provided at a side of the waterproof compartment of a partition wall partitioning the waterproof compartment and the ventilation chamber,
wherein the heating element is disposed on he heat dissipation member and a thickness of the partition wall at a position where at least the heating element is disposed is thinner than that of other portions of the partition wall; and
a substrate disposed in the waterproof compartment, wherein the heating element corresponds to an electronic component mounted on a side of the substrate facing the partition wall, and wherein the heat dissipation member is attached to the substrate and corresponds to a shield member covering the electronic component.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Tsunoda Yosuke
• Wei Jie
• Suzuki Masumi

Classifications

• H05K7/20972

  Forced ventilation, e.g. on heat dissipaters coupled to components · CPC title

• H05K7/20163

  the components being isolated from air flow, e.g. hollow heat sinks, wind tunnels or funnels · CPC title

• H05K5/06

  Hermetically-sealed casings {(specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095)} · CPC title

• G06F1/203 Primary

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title