IP Library Granted Patent US 8,493,737
Granted Patent B2
US 8,493,737 · App. 12/842,895 · Granted Jul 23, 2013

Pressing member, pressing structure for heat receiving block of substrate, and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,493,737
App. No.
12/842,895
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a pressing member includes: a band-like pressing portion placed on a heat receiving block arranged on an element mounted on a substrate, the pressing portion configured to press the heat receiving block against the element; a first arm, one end of the first arm being connected to one longitudinal end of the pressing portion, other end of the first arm being connected to the substrate; and a second arm, one end of the second arm being connected to other longitudinal end of the pressing portion, other end of the second arm being connected to the substrate, wherein the first arm and the second arm are connected to the pressing portion in a bent shape as seen in a planar view from above a surface of the substrate.

Claims (85)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a body;

a radiator housed in the body;

a circuit substrate housed in the body, a heat generator being mounted to the circuit substrate;

a heat transfer portion comprising a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, and thermally connected to the heat generator;

a heat pipe comprising a heat receiving portion and a radiator portion, wherein:

the heat receiving portion is thermally connected to the heat transfer portion between the first end and the second end, and

the radiator portion is thermally connected to the radiator; and

a pressing member comprising a pressing portion, a first arm, and a second arm, and located along the heat pipe, wherein:

the pressing portion comprises a first region facing the first end and a second region facing the second end, and is configured to press a region of the heat receiving portion corresponding to a region between the first end and the second end of the heat transfer portion,

the first arm extends from the first region in a direction crossing the heat pipe, and

the second arm extends from the second region in a direction away from the first arm and crossing the heat pipe,

wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the pressing portion are connected to each other in a Z-shape or a reverse Z-shape in the plan view.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the heat transfer portion is formed in rectangular in a plan view, and

the pressing portion obliquely crosses a side of the heat transfer portion in the plan view.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein

the first region is located at a position closer to a first corner of four corners of the heat transfer portion than a center of the heat transfer portion in the plan view, and

the second region is located at a position close to a second corner of the four corners diagonal to the first corner closer to the first region than to the center in the plan view.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein

an end of the first arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a third corner of the four corners than the first corner, and

an end of the second arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a fourth corner of the four corners than the second corner.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pressing portion is provided with a bead that extends longitudinally along the pressing portion.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the heat transfer portion is rectangular in a plan view,

the pressing portion obliquely crosses a side of the heat transfer portion in the plan view,

the first region is located at a position closer to a first corner of four corners of the heat transfer portion than a center in the plan view, and

the second region is located at a position closer to a second corner of the four corners than the center in the plan view, the second corner being diagonal to the first corner.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein

an end of the first arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a third corner of the four corners than the first corner, and

an end of the second arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a fourth corner of the four corners than the second corner.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a depressed portion formed on an upper surface of the heat transfer portion, wherein:

the depressed portion is configured to house a heat pipe extending along the circuit substrate, and to be opened upward, and

the pressing portion extends along the heat pipe and is configured to cover the depressed portion from the upper side.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a body;

a radiator housed in the body;

a circuit substrate housed in the body;

a first device as a heat generator mounted to the circuit substrate;

a second device as a heat generator mounted to the circuit substrate, and located more distant from the radiator than the first device is;

a heat transfer portion comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and thermally connected to the second device;

a heat pipe comprising a heat receiving portion and a radiator portion, wherein:

the heat receiving portion is thermally connected to the heat transfer portion between the first end and the second end, and

the radiator portion is thermally connected to the radiator; and

a pressing member comprising a pressing portion, a first arm, and a second arm, and located along the heat pipe, wherein:

the pressing portion comprises a first region facing the first end and a second region facing the second end, and is configured to press a region of the heat receiving portion corresponding to a region between the first end and the second end of the heat transfer portion,

the first arm extends from the first region in a direction crossing the heat pipe, and

the second arm extends from the second region in a direction away from the first arm and crossing the heat pipe,

wherein the heat transfer portion is formed in rectangular in a plan view,

wherein the pressing portion obliquely crosses a side of the heat transfer portion in the plan view, and

wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the pressing portion are connected to each other in a Z-shape or a reverse Z-shape in the plan view.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein:

the heat transfer portion is formed in rectangular in plan view, and

the pressing portion obliquely crosses a side of the heat transfer portion in the plan view.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein:

the first region is located at a position closer to a first corner of four corners of the heat transfer portion than a center of the heat transfer portion in the plan view, and

the second region is located at a position close to a second corner of the four corners diagonal to the first corner closer to the first region than to the center in the plan view.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein:

an end of the first arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a third corner of the four corners than the first corner, and

an end of the second arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a fourth corner of the four corners than the second corner.

13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the pressing portion is provided with a bead that extends longitudinally along the pressing portion.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein:

the heat transfer portion is rectangular in plan view,

the pressing portion obliquely crosses a side of the heat transfer portion in the plan view,

the first region is located at a position closer to a first corner of four corners of the heat transfer potion than a center in the plan view, and

the second region is located at a position closer to a second corner of the four corners than the center in the plan view, the second corner being diagonal to the first corner.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein

an end of the first arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a third corner of the four corners than the first corner, and

an end of the second arm on opposite side of the pressing portion is located at a position closer to a fourth corner of the four corners than the second corner.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising a depressed portion formed on an upper surface of the heat transfer portion, wherein:

the depressed portion is configured to house a heat pipe extending along the circuit substrate, and to be opened upward, and

the pressing portion extends along the heat pipe and is configured to cover the depressed portion from the upper side.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a body;

a circuit substrate housed in the body;

a heat generator mounted to the circuit substrate, comprising a first end and a second end different from the first end;

a heat pipe comprising:

a heat receiving portion thermally connected to the heat generator between the first end and the second end, and

a radiator portion configured to radiate heat received by the heat receiving portion; and

a pressing member comprising:

a pressing portion configured to press a region of the heat receiving portion over between the first end and the second end toward a side of the heat generator,

a first arm extending from one end of the region in a direction crossing the heat pipe, and

a second arm extending from another end of the region in a direction away from the first arm and crossing the heat pipe,

wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the pressing portion are connected to each other in a Z-shape or a reverse Z-shape in the plan view.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the pressing portion is provided with a bead that extends longitudinally along the pressing portion.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051493/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046881/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PARTIAL RIGHTS Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040458/0840 →
CORPORATE SPLIT Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040458/0859 →