IP Library Granted Patent US 7,961,467
Granted Patent B2
US 7,961,467 · App. 12/622,852 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,961,467
App. No.
12/622,852
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus including: a body; a circuit board housed in the body; a heating body mounted on the circuit board; a heat pipe having: an end portion, a heat emitting portion located on an opposite side to the end portion, and a heat receiving portion located between the end portion and the heat emitting portion and thermally connected to the heating body; a bonding member disposed between the heating body and the heat receiving portion and that bonds the heating body and the heat receiving portion; and an extension that extends toward the circuit board.

Claims (15)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a body;

a circuit board housed in the body;

a heating body mounted on the circuit board;

a heat pipe having: an end portion including an extension that extends toward the circuit board, a heat emitting portion located on an opposite side to the end portion, and a heat receiving portion located between the end portion and the heat emitting portion and thermally connected to the heating body; and

a bonding member disposed between the heating body and the heat receiving portion and that bonds the heating body and the heat receiving portion.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat pipe has a flat shape in which a width in a direction along the circuit board is greater than a width in a direction perpendicular to the circuit board.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the extension has a counter portion that is opposed to and separated from the circuit board.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the extension is formed by bending a part of the end portion of the heat pipe toward the circuit board.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the end portion of the heat pipe has a caulked portion formed by being caulked in the direction along the circuit board.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the counter portion of the extension has a hardened portion that is increased in rigidity by bending a part of the caulked portion.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the hardened portion is increased in rigidity by bending the caulked portion in a width direction.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the hardened portion has a projection that projects from a part of a tip.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the hardened portion is increased in rigidity by winding the caulked portion around a tip of the heat pipe.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuit board has a rib disposed in a vicinity of the counter portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2009
From: HONGO, TAKESHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 023552/0383 →