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Granted Patent B2
US 10,809,017 · App. 16/093,727 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Heat sink with projection and recess shaped fins

Inventors: Kazuki Arata (Tokyo, JP); Masayoshi Tamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,809,017
App. No.
16/093,727
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat sink includes a plurality of heat-radiating fins provided on a base, wherein the heat-radiating fins each have a projection-and-recess shape in which a sectional shape along the base is inscribed in a regular hexagon, wherein projections of the projection-and-recess shape are held in contact with the regular hexagon. In adjacent heat-radiating fins, sides of the regular hexagon, with which the projections are held in contact, are opposed to each other in an entire region. The heat-radiating fins are arranged so that distances between the sides opposed to each other at a distance are equal.

Claims (28)

1. A heat sink, comprising,

a plurality of heat-radiating fins provided on a base of the heat sink,

wherein the heat-radiating fins each have a projection-and-recess shape in which a sectional shape along the base is inscribed in a regular hexagon,

wherein projections of the projection-and-recess shape are held in contact with the regular hexagon, and

wherein, in adjacent heat-radiating fins, sides of the regular hexagon, with which the projections are held in contact, are opposed to each other in an entire region, and the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that side-to-side distances being distances between the sides opposed to each other at a distance are equal.

2. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein the opposite side distance being a distance between the opposing sides of the regular hexagons is in a range from 2.0 mm to 3.1 mm.

3. The heat sink according to claim 2 , wherein a recess depth being a distance between a bottom portion of a recess of the projection-and-recess shape and the side of the regular hexagon, with which the projection is held in contact, is in a range from 0.05 mm to 0.15 mm.

4. The heat sink according to claim 3 ,

wherein a projection-and-recess portion is formed on a surface of the base, on which the heat-radiating fins are provided, and

wherein the projection-and-recess portion has a zig-zag shape.

5. The heat sink according to claim 4 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

6. The heat sink according to claim 3 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

7. The heat sink according to claim 2 ,

wherein a projection-and-recess portion is formed on a surface of the base, on which the heat-radiating fins are provided, and

wherein the projection-and-recess portion has a zig-zag shape.

8. The heat sink according to claim 7 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

9. The heat sink according to claim 2 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

10. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein a recess depth being a distance between a bottom portion of a recess of the projection-and-recess shape and the side of the regular hexagon, with which the projection is held in contact, is in a range from 0.05 mm to 0.15 mm.

11. The heat sink according to claim 10 ,

wherein a projection-and-recess portion is formed on a surface of the base, on which the heat-radiating fins are provided, and

wherein the projection-and-recess portion has a zig-zag shape.

12. The heat sink according to claim 11 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

13. The heat sink according to claim 10 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

14. The heat sink according to claim 1 ,

wherein a projection-and-recess portion is formed on a surface of the base, on which the heat-radiating fins are provided, and

wherein the projection-and-recess portion has a zig-zag shape.

15. The heat sink according to claim 14 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

16. The heat sink according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-radiating fins are arranged so that refrigerant can flows in parallel to a straight line connecting apexes of the regular hexagon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2018
From: ARATA, KAZUKI; TAMURA, MASAYOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047164/0517 →
Continuity (1)
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