IP Library Granted Patent US 10,791,650
Granted Patent B2
US 10,791,650 · App. 16/364,639 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Cooling device

Inventors: Hajime Tsukui (Kakuda, JP); Yusuke Nishimura (Kakuda, JP); Takuya Ouchi (Kakuda, JP); Shigenao Maruyama (Sendai, JP); Atsuki Komiya (Sendai, JP); Junnosuke Okajima (Sendai, JP)
Assignees: KEIHIN CORPORATION; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
H05K7/20309H05K7/20318
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Patent No.
US 10,791,650
App. No.
16/364,639
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling device includes a heat receiver that receives heat of an electronic component via a coolant, a heat discharger that discharges heat of the coolant from the heat receiver, and a circulation flow path through which the coolant flows from the heat receiver to the heat discharger and the coolant flows from the heat discharger to the heat receiver. The heat receiver is provided with an attachment surface to which a plurality of the electronic components are attached, a first flow path that communicates with the circulation flow path, and a plurality of surface area increasing members that communicate with the first flow path and that are provided on a rear surface of the attachment surface corresponding to the plurality of electronic components.

Claims (25)

1. A cooling device comprising:

a heat receiver that receives heat of an electronic component via a coolant;

a heat discharger that discharges heat of the coolant from the heat receiver;

a first pipe connected to the heat received and the heat discharger, and through which the coolant flows from the heat receiver to the heat discharger; and

a second pipe through which the coolant flows from the heat discharger to the heat receiver,

wherein the heat receiver is provided with

a housing;

an attachment surface to which a plurality of the electronic components are attached,

a first flow path that communicates with the second pipe,

a plurality of liquid reservoirs that communicate with the first flow path and that are provided on a rear surface of the attachment surface corresponding to the plurality of electronic components, and

surface area increasing members that are provided in the liquid reservoirs,

wherein each of the liquid reservoirs includes a pair of side surfaces and a bottom surface, and is configured to be able to store the coolant, and

wherein the first flow path is directly connected to each inlet of the liquid reservoirs, and a coolant vapor is output from each outlet of the liquid reservoirs and entered in an entire cavity with the housing before being exhausted from the first pipe.

2. The cooling device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the heat receiver is an evaporator that evaporates the coolant in a liquid state by using the heat of the electronic component,

wherein the heat discharger is a condenser that condenses coolant vapor generated in the evaporator to reproduce a liquid coolant, and

wherein the evaporator is provided in a vertical posture.

3. The cooling device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the plurality of electronic components are attached to the attachment surface such that the electronic components are arranged in a horizontal direction, and

wherein the first flow path extends in the horizontal direction.

4. The cooling device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the plurality of electronic components arranged in the horizontal direction are attached to the attachment surface in a plurality of rows in a vertical direction, and

wherein the first flow path is provided for each of the rows of electronic components.

5. The cooling device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first flow path positioned on an upper side from among first flow paths respectively provided for the rows of electronic components is provided with a vapor passage portion through which the coolant vapor generated on a lower side flows upward.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2019
From: TSUKUI, HAJIME; NISHIMURA, YUSUKE; OUCHI, TAKUYA; MARUYAMA, SHIGENAO; KOMIYA, ATSUKI; OKAJIMA, JUNNOSUKE
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 048700/0896 →