IP Library Granted Patent US 10,914,531
Granted Patent B2
US 10,914,531 · App. 13/940,170 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, method for producing same and motor provided with same

Inventor: Chia-Ming Chuang (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
F28F3/00B22C9/02B22C9/046B22D19/0054B22D19/04H02K5/18H02K5/20H02K9/22H02K15/14B23P15/26B23P2700/10Y10T29/4935
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Patent No.
US 10,914,531
App. No.
13/940,170
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, it manufacturing method and a motor provided with the heat-sink base. The base is produced by pouring cast metal into a mold cavity to replace a pattern having a predetermined sublimation temperature. The base includes a preformed heat-sink member comprising a plurality of heat-sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion embedded at least partially in the pattern, and a base body comprising an enclosed base portion and a holder portion for receiving and holding the at least one anchor portion. By virtue of the invented method, the heat-sink member having an extremely thin thickness can be mounted on the base body and the overall surface area of the heat-sink base is increased considerably.

Claims (22)

1. A heat-sink, comprising:

a heat-sink member, comprising a plurality of heat-sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion for each heat sink fin portion of the plurality of heat sink fin portions, the at least one heat sink fin portion extending below an outer surface of a tubular base body, wherein the plurality of heat sink fin portions is a repeatedly folded, single sheet of conductive foil; and

the tubular base body having a base portion and a holder portion made of a same metal material and construction as the base portion, the holder portion having a plurality of portions each within one of the anchor portions, the holder portion recessed into an outer surface of the tubular base body and the holder portion having adapted to clamp the anchor portions of the heat sink member.

2. The heat-sink according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-sink fin portions are composed of an aluminum alloy and wherein the tubular base body is composed of a metal.

3. The heat-sink according to claim 2 , wherein, the at least one heat sink fin portion extending below an outer surface of a tubular base body is coated with a material that promotes bonding with the tubular base body.

4. The heat-sink according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular base body is made using a lost foam casting process.

5. The heat-sink according to claim 1 , wherein the same metal material is an aluminum alloy.

6. The heat-sink according to claim 1 , wherein the same metal material is copper.

7. The heatsink according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive foil comprises a metal foil.

8. A heat-sink assembly of a motor, comprising:

a rotor,

a stator and

a motor housing that encloses and is thermally connected to the rotor and/or the stator,

wherein the motor housing is a heat-sink base having a pattern, the heat-sink base comprises:

a heat-sink member, comprising a plurality of heat-sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion for each heat sink fin portion of the plurality of heat sink fin portions, the at least one heat sink fin anchor portion extending below an outer surface of a tubular base body, wherein the plurality of heat sink fin portions is a repeatedly folded, single sheet of conductive foil; and

the tubular base body comprising a base portion and a holder portion, the holder portion comprising a plurality of portions comprising a same metal material and construction as the base portion, each of the plurality of portions of the holder portion within one of the anchor portions, the holder portion recessed into an outer surface of the tubular base body and the holder portion having adapted to clamp the anchor portions of the heat sink member.

9. The heat-sink assembly of the motor of claim 8 , wherein the heat-sink fin portions are composed of an aluminum alloy and wherein the tubular base body is composed of a metal.

10. The heat-sink assembly of the motor of claim 9 , wherein the at least one heat sink fin anchor portion extending below an outer surface of a tubular base body is coated with a material that promotes bonding with the tubular base body.

11. The heat-sink assembly of the motor of claim 8 , wherein the heat-sink base is made using a lost foam casting process.

12. The heat-sink assembly of the motor of claim 8 , wherein the holder portion and the base portion comprise an aluminum alloy.

13. The heat-sink assembly of the motor of claim 8 , wherein the holder portion and the base portion comprise copper.

14. The heat-sink assembly of the motor of claim 8 , wherein the single sheet of conductive foil comprises a single sheet of metal foil.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2019
From: AYAR THIRD INVESTMENT COMPANY
To: ATIEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 048811/0472 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2018
From: ATIEVA, INC.
To: AYAR THIRD INVESTMENT COMPANY
Reel/Frame 047199/0221 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2018
From: YINLONG ELECTRIC VEHICLE (HK) GROUP LIMITED
To: ATIEVA, INC.; ATIEVA USA, INC.; AVB METRICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 047620/0451 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: TRINITY CAPITAL FUND III, L.P.
To: ATIEVA, INC.; ATIEVA USA, INC.; AVB METRICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 047529/0619 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: ATIEVA USA INC.
To: ATIEVA INC.
Reel/Frame 046697/0048 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2017
From: ATIEVA, INC.; ATIEVA USA, INC
To: YINLONG ELECTRIC VEHICLE (HK) GROUP LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044457/0942 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 31, 2017
From: ATIEVA, INC
To: TRINITY CAPITAL FUND III, L. P.
Reel/Frame 042125/0897 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2014
From: CHUANG, CHIA-MING
To: ATIEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032208/0455 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0335572 · Sep 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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