IP Library Granted Patent US 7,719,831
Granted Patent B2
US 7,719,831 · App. 12/340,449 · Granted May 18, 2010

Electronic apparatus

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 7,719,831
App. No.
12/340,449
Granted
May 18, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with a circuit board contained in a case and including a first surface and a second surface formed on the reverse side of the first surface, a first heat generating component mounted on the first surface, a second heat generating component mounted on the second surface, a radiator section located off the circuit board, a first heat transfer member extending along the first surface and provided between the first heat generating component and the radiator section, and a second heat transfer member extending along the second surface and provided between the second heat generating component and the radiator section.

Claims (32)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board in the housing, the circuit board comprising a first surface, and a second surface being the other side of the first surface;

a first heat generating component on the first surface;

a second heat generating component on the second surface;

a heat sink in the housing;

a first heat pipe between the first heat generating component and the heat sink, the first heat pipe facing the first surface; and

a second heat pipe between the second heat generating component and the heat sink, the second heat pipe facing the second surface.

2. An electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first heat pipe is formed separately from the second heat pipe.

3. An electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heat sink comprises a first fin unit attached to the first heat pipe and a second fin unit attached to the second heat pipe.

4. An electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first fin unit is separate from the second fin unit.

5. An electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first fin unit and the second fin unit are arranged side by side in a direction parallel to the first surface.

6. An electronic apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a cooling fan in the housing, wherein the first fin unit and the second fin unit are arranged back and forth along a flow of air discharged from the cooling fan.

7. An electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a cooling fan in the housing, wherein the heat sink is located between the cooling fan and an inner surface of the housing.

8. An electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the cooling fan comprises an exhaust port, the housing comprises an exhaust vent and the heat sink is between the exhaust port and the exhaust vent.

9. An electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a cooling fan in the housing, wherein the first heat pipe and the second heat pipe extend from the same side region of the cooling fan.

10. An electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are an upper surface and a lower surface, respectively, of the circuit board, the first heat pipe is attached to an upper part of the heat sink, and the second heat pipe is attached to a lower part of the heat sink.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board in the housing, the circuit board comprising a first surface, and a second surface being the other side of the first surface;

a first heat generating component on the first surface;

a second heat generating component on the second surface;

a heat sink in the housing;

a first heat transfer member between the first heat generating component and the heat sink, the first heat transfer member facing the first surface; and

a second heat transfer member between the second heat generating component and the heat sink, the second heat transfer member facing the second surface and formed separately from the first heat transfer member.

12. An electronic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first heat transfer member comprises a first end portion passing through the heat sink.

13. An electronic apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second heat transfer member comprises a second end portion passing through the heat sink, the second end portion being substantially parallel with the first end portion.

14. An electronic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the heat sink comprises a first fin unit attached to the first heat transfer member and a second fin unit attached to the second heat transfer member.

15. An electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first fin unit is separate from the second fin unit.

16. An electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first fin unit and the second fin unit are arranged side by side in a direction parallel to the first surface.

17. An electronic apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a cooling fan in the housing, wherein the heat sink is located between the cooling fan and an inner surface of the housing.

18. An electronic apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the cooling fan comprises an exhaust port, the housing comprises an exhaust vent, and the heat sink is between the exhaust port and the exhaust vent.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2008
From: FUJIWARA, NOBUTO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 022245/0921 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-140315 · May 19, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 1178705600 · Apr 13, 2007
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