Electronic device and heat dissipating casing thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9717162-B2
Application number	US-201514594309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2015
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device includes an electronic component and a heat dissipating casing configured to dissipate heat from the electronic component. The casing includes top and bottom sides of the heat dissipating casing forming a sealed chamber, and a pore structure formed within the sealed chamber. The sealed chamber is configured to receive a working medium and the pore structure is configured to absorb at least a portion of the working medium, whereby the heat generated from the electronic component is dissipated by a phase change of the working medium.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat dissipating casing configured to dissipate heat from an electronic component, the casing comprising:
top and bottom sides of the heat dissipating casing forming a sealed shell; and
a pore structure formed within the sealed shell;
wherein the sealed shell is configured to receive a working medium and the pore structure is configured to absorb at least a portion of the working medium, whereby the heat generated from the electronic component is dissipated by a phase change of the working medium,
wherein further comprising a top plate and a bottom plate, the pore structure and the working medium being sandwiched between the top plate and the bottom plate, the pore structure is fixed on an inner face of the top plate, the electronic component being fixed on an outer face of the top plate, the pore structure comprising a main portion adhered on the whole inner face of the top plate and a plurality of convex portions extending downwards from the main portion and contacting the bottom plate, a channel being formed between every two adjacent convex portions for flow of the working medium.

2. The heat dissipating casing of claim 1 , further comprising a top plate, a bottom plate and the sealed shell, each of the top plate and the bottom plate defining a groove, the sealed shell being embedded in the grooves of the top plate and the bottom plate, the electronic component being thermally attached to the sealed shell, a sealed chamber being formed in an interior of the sealed shell.

3. The heat dissipating casing of claim 2 , wherein a protrusion protrudes from an outer face of one end of the sealed shell, the electronic component being thermally attached to the protrusion of the sealed shell.

4. The heat dissipating casing of claim 1 , wherein each of the top plate and the bottom plate is made of copper, aluminum, titanium or nickel.

5. The heat dissipating casing of claim 1 , wherein two opposite ends of each of the top plate and the bottom plate slant upwardly, and each of the two opposite ends has a cross section of circular arc shape.

6. The heat dissipating casing of claim 5 , wherein an outer edge of the top plate is coupled to an outer edge of the bottom plate by an annular connecting plate, the top plate, the connecting plate and the bottom plate cooperatively forming the sealed shell.

7. The heat dissipating casing of claim 1 , wherein a heat insulating layer is adhered on the top plate and surrounds the electronic component.

8. The heat dissipating casing of claim 7 , wherein the bottom plate is covered by a heat insulating layer.

9. The heat dissipating casing of claim 1 , further comprising a cover covering the top plate and the bottom plate, the cover and the top plate cooperatively forming a sealed room for receiving the electronic component therein.

10. An electronic device, comprising:
an electronic component; and
a heat dissipating casing configured to dissipate heat from the electronic component, the casing comprising:
top and bottom sides of the heat dissipating casing forming a sealed shell; and
a pore structure formed within the sealed shell;
wherein the sealed shell is configured to receive a working medium and the pore structure is configured to absorb at least a portion of the working medium, whereby the heat generated from the electronic component is dissipated by a phase change of the working medium,
wherein the heat dissipating casing further comprising a top plate and a bottom plate, the pore structure and the working medium being sandwiched between the top plate and the bottom plate, the pore structure is fixed on an inner face of the top plate, the electronic component being fixed on an outer face of the top plate, the pore structure comprising a main portion adhered on the whole inner face of the top plate and a plurality of convex portions extending downwards from the main portion and contacting the bottom plate, a channel being formed between every two adjacent convex portions for flow of the working medium.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the heat dissipating casing further comprising a top plate, a bottom plate and a sealed shell, each of the top plate and the bottom plate defining a groove, the sealed shell being embedded in the grooves of the top plate and the bottom plate, the electronic component being thermally attached to the sealed shell, a sealed chamber being formed in an interior of the sealed shell.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein a protrusion protrudes from an outer face of one end of the sealed shell, the electronic component being thermally attached to the protrusion of the sealed shell.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein two opposite ends of each of the top plate and the bottom plate slant upwardly, and each of the two opposite ends has a cross section of circular arc shape.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein an outer edge of the top plate is coupled to an outer edge of the bottom plate by an annular connecting plate, the top plate, the connecting plate and the bottom plate cooperatively forming the sealed shell.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein a heat insulating layer is adhered on the top plate and surrounds the electronic component.

16. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the heat dissipating casing further comprising a cover covering the top plate and the bottom plate, the cover and the top plate cooperatively forming a sealed room for receiving the electronic component therein.

Assignees

• Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co Ltd
• Foxconn Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu jia-hong
• Dai sheng-liang

Classifications

• H05K7/20336 Primary

  Heat pipes, e.g. wicks or capillary pumps · CPC title

• G06F1/203

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