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US 12,575,055 · App. 18/389,085 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Heat dissipating structure, and electronic device

Inventors: Hiroki Yosho (Osaka, JP); Hiroki Kamezaki (Osaka, JP); Junichi Hasegawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H05K7/20154G06F1/203H05K7/20145
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Patent No.
US 12,575,055
App. No.
18/389,085
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat dissipating structure of the present disclosure is a heat dissipating structure provided inside a housing, the heat dissipating structure including: a blower that blows air; a heat dissipator including a heat dissipating blow passage through which air from the blower flows; a heat transmitter arranged on the heat dissipator and transferring heat generated by a heat source to the heat dissipator; and a branch blow passage provided between the housing and the heat transmitter and branching from the heat dissipating blow passage. The heat dissipating blow passage includes a branch inlet positioned between the heat transmitter and the blower. The branch blow passage branches from the branch inlet of the heat dissipating blow passage.

Claims (23)

1 . A heat dissipating structure provided inside a housing, the heat dissipating structure comprising:

a blower that blows air;

a heat dissipator including a heat dissipating blow passage through which the air from the blower flows;

a heat transmitter arranged on the heat dissipator and transferring heat generated by a heat source to the heat dissipator; and

a branch blow passage provided between the housing and the heat transmitter and branching from the heat dissipating blow passage,

wherein

the heat dissipating blow passage includes a branch inlet positioned between the heat transmitter and the blower,

the branch blow passage branches from the branch inlet of the heat dissipating blow passage,

the heat dissipator further includes a plurality of fins arranged apart from one another in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the heat dissipating blow passage, and

the plurality of fins at the branch inlet have an inclined shape where a space between the plurality of fins and the housing gradually increases from the blower toward the heat transmitter.

2 . The heat dissipating structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a branch regulator arranged between the branch inlet and the blower and regulating a flow of the air flowing through the branch blow passage.

3 . The heat dissipating structure according to claim 2 , wherein the branch regulator has a heat insulating property.

4 . The heat dissipating structure according to claim 3 , wherein the branch regulator includes a sponge made of melanin resin.

5 . The heat dissipating structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of fins include a first fin and a second fin adjacent to each other, and

a distance between the first fin and the second fin is smaller than a distance between the housing and the heat transmitter.

6 . The heat dissipating structure according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipator further includes a wall arranged between the plurality of fins and the heat transmitter.

7 . The heat dissipating structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an opposite-side gap positioned between the housing and the heat dissipator on an opposite side of the heat transmitter with respect to the heat dissipator; and

an opposite-side regulator regulating a flow of the air flowing through the opposite-side gap.

8 . An electronic device comprising:

the heat dissipating structure according to claim 1 ; and

the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2024
From: YOSHO, HIROKI; KAMEZAKI, HIROKI; HASEGAWA, JUNICHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067157/0456 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-088503 · May 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022019795 · May 10, 2022
Related Publication 20240081018A1 · Mar 7, 2024
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