Electronic device and cooling unit
An electronic device includes: a housing; a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface each mounted with a heat generating component and that is fixed in the housing; a first heat transfer component that extends along the first surface so as to contact the heat generating component mounted on the first surface; and a second heat transfer component that extends along the second surface so as to contact the heat generating component mounted on the second surface, and that is fastened to the first heat transfer component by a fastener such that the substrate is sandwiched between the second heat transfer component and the first heat transfer component.
1. An electronic apparatus having a cooling unit comprising:
a housing having an opening for air cooling;
a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, each mounted with a heat generating component, the substrate being fixed in the housing; and
the cooling unit further comprising:
a first heat transfer component that extends along the first surface so as to contact the heat generating component mounted on the first surface, the first heat transfer component transferring heat from the heat generating component mounted on the first surface of the substrate to an area near the opening, and
a second heat transfer component extending along the second surface so as to contact the heat generating component mounted on the second surface, and fastened to the first heat transfer component by a fastener such that the substrate is sandwiched between the second heat transfer component and the first heat transfer component, the second heat transfer component being configured to transfer heat from the heat generating component mounted on the second surface of the substrate to the first heat transfer component by way of the fastener, thereby transferring the heat from the heat generating component mounted on the second surface to the first heat transfer component and transferring the heat to the area near the opening.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is formed in a side surface of the housing.
3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first heat transfer component includes a heat radiating fin disposed inside the opening, and
the electronic device further comprises a fan disposed at a position adjacent to the heat radiating fin and causing air to exit from the opening by way of the heat radiating fin.
4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the first heat transfer component includes a heat transfer member that receives heat generated by the heat generating component disposed on the first surface and that transfers the received heat to the heat radiating fin.
5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the heat generating component mounted on the second surface of the substrate is farther away from the opening than the heat generating component mounted on the first surface of the substrate.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat transfer component is a tabular member extending along the second surface of the substrate.
7. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first heat transfer component includes a tabular contact part that contacts the heat generating component mounted on the first surface of the substrate, and
the heat transfer member receives heat generated from the heat generating component mounted on the first surface of the substrate by way of the contact part and transfers the received heat to the heat radiating fin.
8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a mobile computer having a tabular form as a whole that houses in the housing an electronic circuit for data processing and has a display screen fixed to a surface of the computer.