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Granted Patent B2
US 7,365,982 · App. 11/265,406 · Granted Apr 29, 2008

Liquid cooling device

Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,365,982
App. No.
11/265,406
Granted
Apr 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid cooling device ( 10 ) includes a heat sink ( 12 ), a reservoir ( 14 ) containing liquid therein and distant from the heat sink, and a heat-transfer member. The heat-transfer member includes a heat-absorbing segment ( 162 ) contacting the heat sink and a heat-discharging segment ( 164 ) submerged in the liquid of the reservoir.

Claims (13)

1. A computer comprising:

a casing;

a printed circuit board mounted in the casing;

a heat-generating electronic device mounted on the printed circuit board; and

a cooling device, comprising:

a reservoir located at a base of the casing;

cooling liquid filled in the reservoir;

a heat sink attached on the heat-generating electronic device; and

a heat pipe thermally connecting the cooling liquid and the heat sink;

wherein the reservoir has a cutout, the cooling device further comprising a sealing element sealing the cutout, the heat pipe extending through the sealing element into the reservoir and immersed in the cooling liquid.

2. The computer of claim 1 , further comprising a container located on and communicating with the reservoir, the cooling liquid also filling the container.

3. The computer of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir has protrusions thereon for increasing contacting surface between the reservoir and the cooling liquid.

4. The computer of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir has an inlet for filling the cooling liquid in the reservoir and an outlet for discharging the cooling liquid from the reservoir.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2008
From: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD.; FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020597/0303 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2005
From: HE, LI
To: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017189/0699 →
Continuity (1)
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