IP Library Granted Patent US 10,082,349
Granted Patent B2
US 10,082,349 · App. 14/988,764 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Heat conducting module

Inventors: Chi-Chuan Wang (Hsinchu County, TW); Kuo-Wei Lin (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
F28F13/187H01L23/473H05K7/20218H05K7/20254F28F2260/02
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Patent No.
US 10,082,349
App. No.
14/988,764
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat conducting module includes a main body. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is thermally connected to a heat absorbing body. The second surface is opposite to the first surface and is fluidly connected to a channel. The second surface has a plurality of grooves disposed along a direction. The channel allows a fluid to flow a long the direction. Each of the grooves includes a first sub-groove and at least one second sub-groove. The first sub-groove at least has a third surface close to the first surface. The first sub-groove at least partially communicates with the second sub-groove, and the second sub-groove is at least partially fluidly connected with the third surface.

Claims (14)

1. A heat conducting module, comprising:

a main body, comprising:

a first surface thermally connected to a heat absorbing body; and

a second surface opposite to the first surface and in a channel, the second surface having a plurality of grooves disposed along a lengthwise direction, the channel allowing a fluid to flow along the lengthwise direction, each of the plurality of grooves comprising:

a first sub-groove; and

at least one second sub-groove extending into a sidewall and a floor of the first sub-groove;

wherein the main body having two opposite end portions to define two opposite flow-stop ends of the at least one second sub-groove along the lengthwise direction; and

wherein the first sub-groove has a first length in the lengthwise direction of the channel, the at least one second sub-groove has a second length in the lengthwise direction of the channel, and a ratio of the second length to the first length is in a range from 20% to 80%.

2. The heat conducting module of claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises a heat conducting material.

3. The heat conducting module of claim 1 , wherein a hydraulic diameter of the at least one second sub-groove is smaller than a hydraulic diameter of the first sub-groove.

4. The heat conducting module of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second sub-groove has at least one fourth surface and a side surface, the fourth surface is closer to the first surface than the side surface is to the first surface, the side surface is distanced from the first sub-groove, and the side surface and the fourth surface form an angle therebetween.

5. The heat conducting module of claim 4 , wherein the angle is a right angle.

6. The heat conducting module of claim 4 , wherein a first width of the fourth surface is in a range from 10 μm to 1000 μm.

7. The heat conducting module of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-groove has a third surface closer to the first surface than the second surface is to the first surface, and a second width of the third surface is in a range from 10 μm to 1000 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2022
From: NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
To: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061566/0245 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY; NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 061519/0821 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2016
From: WANG, CHI-CHUAN; LIN, KUO-WEI
To: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 037425/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 104128468 A · Aug 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170064866A1 · Mar 2, 2017