IP Library Granted Patent US 8,564,957
Granted Patent B2
US 8,564,957 · App. 12/960,962 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Cooling structure for electronic equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,564,957
App. No.
12/960,962
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling structure for electronic equipment includes a plurality of cooling structural members on a same substrate. In the cooling structural members, a plurality of heating components having a same shape are connected to one thermal diffusion part through a first thermal conductive member. Each of thermal diffusion parts of the plurality of cooling structural members is connected to one heat dissipator through a second thermal conductive member.

Claims (12)

1. A cooling structure for electronic equipment, comprising a plurality of cooling structural members on a same substrate, wherein each of the plurality of the cooling structural members comprises a plurality of heating elements having a same shape, one thermal diffusion part, and a first thermal conductive sheet connecting the plurality of heating elements to the thermal diffusion part, wherein the thermal diffusion parts of each of the plurality of cooling structural members is connected to one heat dissipator through a second thermal conductive sheet, and wherein the second thermal conductive sheet has elasticity and is independently provided for the thermal diffusion part of each of the plurality of cooling structural members.

2. The cooling structure according to claim 1 , wherein a flat plate heat pipe is used inside the heat dissipator.

3. The cooling structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of second thermal conductive sheets provided between the respective cooling structural members and the heat dissipator is thicker than a maximum tolerance value of a height dimension of the respective cooling structural members.

4. The cooling structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermal conductive sheet of each of the cooling structural members is thinner than respective second thermal conductive sheets provided between the respective cooling structural members and the heat dissipator.

5. The cooling structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein when one of the plurality of cooling structural members is replaced with a CPU, each of second thermal conductive sheets provided between the respective cooling structural members other than the CPU and the heat dissipator is thicker than a maximum tolerance of a height dimension of the CPU.

6. The cooling structure according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first thermal conductive sheet of each of the cooling structural members other than the CPU is thinner than the respective second thermal conductive sheets.

7. The cooling structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second thermal conductive sheet has a compressibility of 30% or more under load of 0.3 (MPa).

8. The cooling structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second thermal conductive sheet is composed of the combination of silicon rubber and carbon fiber.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 20, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069518/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2011
From: USUI, MASAHIKO; ENAMI, TAKAFUMI; IKEDA, SHO; TSUBAKI, SHIGEYASU
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025804/0122 →