Cooler and flow path unit

1. A cooler comprising:

a narrow flow path that has a predetermined cross-sectional area;

a wide flow path that is connected to the narrow flow path, is in thermal contact with a heating body, and has a cross-sectional area greater than that of the narrow flow path;

at least one rectifying piece that is provided in an upstream portion of the wide flow path that is closer to the narrow flow path than a position being in thermal contact with the heating body,

wherein a fluid refrigerant flows through the narrow flow path and the wide flow path, and heat generated by the heating body is radiated, and

wherein the at least one rectifying piece comprises:

a single first angle portion that protrudes toward the narrow flow path; and

a first surface and a second surface that join at an acute angle to form the first angle portion; and

a connecting surface that connects the narrow flow path and the wide flow path,

wherein the connecting surface is inclined at an acute angle or perpendicular to a center axis of the wide flow path on a side connected to the narrow flow path,

wherein an angle of the second surface with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path from the first angle portion of the at least one rectifying piece is equal to or less than an angle of the connecting surface with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path on the side connected to the narrow flow path,

wherein the narrow flow path, the wide flow path and the connecting surface are symmetrically provided with respect to a center axis of the narrow flow path and the center axis of wide flow path,

wherein a plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces are provided symmetrically and at predetermined intervals with respect to the center axis of the narrow flow path and the center axis of wide flow path,

wherein the first surface and the second surface of each piece of the plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces are inclined so as to separate from the center axis of the wide flow path, and

wherein each piece of the plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces further comprises:

a third surface that is joined to the first surface and the second surface, and does not contact with the first angle portion,

a second angle portion that is formed by the second surface and the third surface which join at an obtuse angle, and

a third angle portion that is formed by the third surface and the first surface which join at an acute angle.

2. The cooler according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second surface of the at least one rectifying piece is disposed on a broadening direction side of the wide flow path with respect to the narrow flow path from the first surface, and

wherein on a downstream side from the first angle portion,

the first surface is inclined at an acute angle or parallel to the center axis of the wide flow path,

the second surface is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path, and

an angle of the second surface with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path is greater than an angle of the first surface with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path.

3. The cooler according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the center axis of the wide flow path is rectangular, and

wherein each piece of the plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces is provided to have a columnar shape in the upstream portion of the wide flow path.

4. The cooler according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one fin that is provided in a position of the wide flow path facing the heating body.

5. A flow path unit comprising:

wherein a fluid flows from a narrow flow path to a wide flow path;

wherein the narrow flow path that has a narrow predetermined cross-sectional area;

a wide flow path that is connected to a downstream side of the narrow flow path and has a cross-sectional area greater than that of the narrow flow path;

at least one rectifying piece that is provided in an upstream portion of the wide flow path;

at least one fin that is provided on a downstream side from the rectifying piece of the wide flow path, and

wherein the at least one rectifying piece comprises:

a single first angle portion that protrudes toward the narrow flow path; and

a first surface and a second surface that join at an acute angle to form the first angle portion; and

a connecting surface that connects the narrow flow path and the wide flow path,

wherein the connecting surface is inclined at an acute angle or perpendicular to a center axis of the wide flow path on the downstream side of the narrow flow path,

wherein an angle of the second surface with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path from the first angle portion of the rectifying piece is equal to or less than an angle of the connecting surface with respect to the center axis of the wide flow path on the side connected to the narrow flow path,

wherein the narrow flow path, the wide flow path and the connecting surface are symmetrically provided with respect to a center axis of the narrow flow path and the center axis of wide flow path,

wherein a plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces are provided symmetrically and at predetermined intervals with respect to the center axis of the narrow flow path and the center axis of wide flow path,

wherein the first surface and the second surface of each piece of the plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces are inclined so as to separate from the center axis of the wide flow path, and

wherein each piece of the plurality of the at least one rectifying pieces further comprises:

a third surface that is joined to the first surface and the second surface, and does not contact with the first angle portion,

a second angle portion that is formed by the second surface and the third surface which join at an obtuse angle, and

a third angle portion that is formed by the third surface and the first surface which join at an acute angle.