Method of producing heat-dissipating unit

1. A method of producing a heat-dissipating unit, wherein the heat-dissipating unit comprises a substrate having a plurality of through-holes formed therein and a plurality of pins fixed to the substrate in a state in which the pins are inserted in the through-holes of the substrate with both longitudinal end portions of the pins protruded from the through-hole by a certain length, and portions of the pins protruding from the through-holes serve as fins,

the method comprising:

punching the plurality of pins out of a second plate member to produce the plurality of pins and inserting the plurality of pins into the plurality of through-holes formed in a first plate member for the substrate, wherein the punching and inserting steps are performed simultaneously.

2. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a certain number of the through-holes required for a single substrate in a substrate forming portion located at one end portion of the first plate member in which a plurality of substrate forming portions each having a size for forming one substrate is provided side by side in a longitudinal direction of the first plate member;

thereafter inserting the pins into the through-holes of the substrate forming portion; and

subsequently cutting the substrate forming portion in which the pins are inserted into the through-holes from the first plate member to produce a substrate.

3. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 2 , further comprising:

forming a plurality of half-punched-out pin forming portions protruding on one surface side of the second plate member in a pin punch-out portion located at one end portion of the second plate member in which the plurality of pin punch-out portions, each from which a certain number of pins required for one substrate are punched out, are provided side by side in a longitudinal direction of the second plate member, wherein

the simultaneous punching and inserting includes punching the plurality of half-punched-out pin forming portions of the pin punch-out portion from the second plate member to produce the plurality of pins and inserting the plurality of pins into the through-holes of the substrate forming portion located at the one end portion of the first plate member.

4. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 3 , further comprising:

performing a step A of forming the through-holes in the substrate forming portion of the first plate member; a step B of subjecting the pin punch-out portion of the second plate member to a half-punch-out process to form a half-punched-out pin forming portion protruding on one surface side of the second plate member; a step C of punching the pin forming

portion from the second plate member to form the pins and simultaneously inserting the pins into the through-holes of the substrate forming portion of the one end portion of the first plate member; and a step D of cutting the substrate forming portion in which the pins are inserted into the through-holes from the first plate member to produce the substrate by a single die.

5. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 4 , further comprising:

performing a step E of cutting the pin punch-out portion from the second plate member after forming the plurality of pins from the pin punch-out portion located at one end portion of the second plate member,

wherein the step E is performed by the die for performing the steps A to D.

6. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:

arranging a first coil in which the first plate member is wound and a second coil in which the second plate member is wound so that feeding directions of both the plate members from both the coils are orthogonal as seen from a plane; and

performing the steps A to E while intermittently feeding the first plate member from the first coil and intermittently feeding the second plate member from the second coil.

7. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

preparing a substrate having a required number of through-holes using the first plate member.

8. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the second plate member is made of JIS A1000 series aluminum.

9. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the second plate member is made of JIS A6000 series aluminum.

10. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein when the pins are inserted into the through-holes of the first plate member, the pins are press-fitted therein.

11. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein a brazing material layer is provided on at least one surface of the first plate member.

12. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein a brazing material layer is provided on at least one surface of the second plate member.

13. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the pins to be punched is circular, and a ratio L/D of a length L of each of the pins to a diameter D is 1.7 or less.

14. The method of producing a heat-dissipating unit as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein a shape of the through-hole of the first plate member is a streamline shape, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the pins is a streamline shape having an arc edge and a pointed edge oriented in a same direction as an arc edge and a pointed edge of the through-hole, respectively.