IP Library Granted Patent US 7,852,630
Granted Patent B2
US 7,852,630 · App. 12/191,532 · Granted Dec 14, 2010

Heat dissipating device

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Patent No.
US 7,852,630
App. No.
12/191,532
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat dissipation device includes a base, a first heat pipe, a first heat sink, a second heat pipe, a thermoelectric cooler and a second heat sink. The first heat pipe includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first heat pipe is connected to the base. The second end of the first heat pipe is connected to a bottom of the first heat sink. The second heat pipe includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the second heat pipe is connected to the base. The second end of the second heat pipe is connected to a top end of the thermoelectric cooler. The second heat sink is mounted on a bottom of the thermoelectric cooler and located at a side of the first heat sink. The thermoelectric cooler spaces apart from the heat generating member. As such, the water generated by the thermoelectric cooler during a cooling process won't spread to the heat generating member and a short circuit of the heat generating member can be avoided.

Claims (16)

1. A heat dissipation device, comprising;

a base;

a first heat pipe, comprising a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the base;

a first heat sink, the second end of the first heat pipe is connected to a bottom of the first heat sink;

a second heat pipe, comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of the second heat pipe being connected to the base;

a thermoelectric cooler, the second end of the second heat pipe being connected to a top end of the thermoelectric cooler; and

a second heat sink mounted on a bottom of the thermoelectric cooler and located at a side of the first heat sink,

wherein the first heat sink comprising a plurality of heat dissipating fins, each two adjacent heat dissipating fins of the first heat sink defining an air flow passage therebetween, the second heat sink comprising a plurality of heat dissipating fins, and each two adjacent heat dissipating fins of the second heat sink defining an air flow passage therebetween,

wherein the air flow passage of the first heat sink and the air flow passage of the second heat sink are parallel and aligned with each other, and

wherein the heat dissipating device is mounted on a plate, and the heat dissipating device further comprises a first temperature sensor mounted on the base and a second temperature sensor mounted on a back side of the plate, the first and second temperature sensor being electrically connected to the thermoelectric cooler.

2. The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base is a flat plate.

3. The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first heat pipe is flat.

4. The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first end of the second heat pipe is flat.

5. The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermoelectric cooler is a thermoelectric cooling module.

6. The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermoelectric cooler comprising a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being in contact with the second end of the second heat pipe, the second surface is in contact with the second heat sink.

7. The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a centrifugal fan, the fan is configured for blowing an air flow along a direction that is parallel to the air flow passage of the first heat sink and the second heat sink.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2012
From: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
To: CHEMTRON RESEARCH LLC
Reel/Frame 027567/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2008
From: CHENG, CHIA-CHUN
To: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 021389/0978 →