IP Library Granted Patent US 9,357,677
Granted Patent B2
US 9,357,677 · App. 14/032,660 · Granted May 31, 2016

Electronic device with efficient heat radiation structure for electronic components

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Patent No.
US 9,357,677
App. No.
14/032,660
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a metallic body, a circuit substrate having electronic components and wiring conductors, a heat conduction member that absorbs a heat generated by the electronic components, and a heat radiation member provided between the metallic body and the heat conduction member. The heat radiation member includes a heat introduction portion surface-contacted with the heat conduction member, a heat discharge portion surface-contacted with the metallic body, and a heat conduction portion that conducts the heat from the heat introduction portion to the heat discharge portion. The heat conduction portion is provided to be separated from the wiring conductors so as not to electromagnetically couple to the wiring conductors.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a metallic body;

a circuit substrate having electronic components and wiring conductors that electrically connect between the electronic components;

a heat conduction member configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components; and

a heat radiation member provided between the metallic body and the circuit substrate,

wherein the heat radiation member comprises

a heat introduction portion arranged such that a surface of the heat introduction portion is in direct contact with the heat conduction member,

a heat discharge portion arranged such that a surface of the heat discharge portion is in direct contact with the metallic body, and

a heat conduction portion configured to conduct the heat from the heat introduction portion to the heat discharge portion,

wherein the heat conduction portion is provided to be separated from the wiring conductors so as not to electromagnetically couple to the wiring conductors.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the metallic body includes a metallic chassis configured to hold components accommodated in the electronic device.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an enclosure,

wherein the metallic body is included in at least a portion of the enclosure.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim I,

wherein the electronic components are arranged within an area on a side of the circuit substrate, and the heat conduction member is provided in the circuit substrate within a corresponding area on an opposite side of the circuit substrate.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the heat conduction member is provided on the electronic components included in the circuit substrate.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the heat conduction portion is provided between a surface which faces the wiring conductors and a surface which is opposite to the surface which faces the wiring conductors.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the heat conduction portion and the heat discharge portion are configured to include first and second heat conduction plates, each of the first and second heat conduction plates having a flat-plate shape and being perpendicular to the circuit substrate,

wherein the first and the second heat conduction plates are configured to be substantially orthogonal with each other,

wherein the wiring conductors are provided to be separated from the first and second heat conduction plates so as not to electromagnetically couple to the heat conduction portion.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heat radiation member is provided between the metallic body and the electronic components.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the heat radiation member and the heat conduction member are provided between the metallic body and the circuit substrate.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: MATSUBARA, RYO; UMEDA, HIROYOSHI; SAKAE, ATSUSHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032167/0202 →