Abstract:
It is impossible in a cooling device using a phase-change system, seeking high heat transport performance, to obtain sufficient cooling performance due to the increase in thermal resistance with a heating element to be cooled, therefore, a connecting structure of a cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a connecting board with an opening; a pressing plate of thin plate elastically deformable; first fixing means for fixing the pressing plate to the connecting board with the pressing plate disposed covering heat receiving means composing the cooling device; and second fixing means for fixing the connecting board to a substrate with the heat receiving means abutting against a heating element mounted on the substrate and disposed in the opening.
Abstract:
A sealed casing includes a container provided with a plurality of opening and houses at least one heat-generating body, and a plurality of top boards sealing the openings respectively, and is characterized in that at least one of the openings is disposed in a heat-generating area where the heat-generating body is disposed, and that a cooling unit is disposed on the top board sealing the opening in the heat-generating area.
Abstract:
In order to supply a refrigerant to multiple-stage heat receivers equally while saving space, a refrigerant distribution device to distribute a refrigerant supplied from the upper stream according to the present invention includes a main body including a side wall part, an upper face part and a bottom face part, an upstream pipe provided on the upper face part in a manner communicating with an inside of the main body, a downstream pipe provided in a state partially inserted inside the main body via an under face hole part provided in the bottom face part, a tributary pipe provided in the side wall part or the bottom face part in a manner communicating with the inside of the main body, and a refrigerant direction changing means provided between the upstream pipe and the downstream pipe.
Abstract:
A cooling device of the present invention is a cooling device arranged in a chassis equipped with an upper surface, and comprises: a refrigerant; a vaporizer that includes an evaporative vessel having a side face of a curved surface shape, and performs heat-absorption by making the refrigerant change its phase from a liquid phase state to a vapor phase state; a condenser that performs heat-radiation by making the refrigerant change its phase from a vapor phase state to a liquid phase state; a pipe that connects the vaporizer and the condenser; and a flow path suppression means for suppressing a cooling wind that flows between an area over the evaporative vessel and the upper surface.
Abstract:
A vapor pipe 103 connects a heat dissipation portion 200 and each of a plurality of heat receiving portions 102. A liquid pipe 104 connects the heat dissipation portion 200 and each of a plurality of the heat receiving portions 102. A bypass pipe 105 connects the vapor pipe 103 and the liquid pipe 104. A valve 106 opens and closes a flow path of the bypass pipe 105. A first connection portion 107 connects the vapor pipe 103 and the bypass pipe 105. A second connection portion 108 connects the liquid pipe 103 and the bypass pipe 105. The first connection portion 107 is disposed at a position higher than that of the second connection portion 108. As a result, refrigerant can be efficiently transported in a short time.
Abstract:
In order to maintain a high cooling capability even in a case where a heating element has a lower calorific value, a boiling section of a heat receiving section in a phase change cooling apparatus includes a comb-shaped structure and a porous layer provided on a bottom portion of the comb-shaped structure between fins of the comb-shaped structure. With such a boiling section, a liquid film of a liquid phase refrigerant is forcedly made thinner. Thus, the liquid phase refrigerant is changed in phase into a gaseous phase refrigerant even in a case of a small difference between the temperature of the gaseous phase refrigerant and the temperature of the heat receiving surface.
Abstract:
It is impossible in a cooling device using a phase-change system, seeking high heat transport performance, to obtain sufficient cooling performance due to the increase in thermal resistance with a heating element to be cooled, therefore, a connecting structure of a cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a connecting board with an opening; a pressing plate of thin plate elastically deformable; first fixing means for fixing the pressing plate to the connecting board with the pressing plate disposed covering heat receiving means composing the cooling device; and second fixing means for fixing the connecting board to a substrate with the heat receiving means abutting against a heating element mounted on the substrate and disposed in the opening.
Abstract:
The size of an electronic device using a cooling structure for an electronic circuit board is increased when using a heating element with a large amount of heat generation, therefore, a cooling structure for an electronic circuit board according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an evaporator with an evaporation container storing a refrigerant; a condenser condensing and liquefying a vapor-phase refrigerant vaporized in the evaporator and radiating heat; and a pipe connecting the evaporator to the condenser, wherein the evaporator includes a heat receiving area, on one side of the evaporation container, thermally connecting to a heating element disposed on the electronic circuit board, and a plurality of flow path plates, in an area including the heat receiving area, extending in the direction parallel to the electronic circuit board; and a vapor-liquid interface of the refrigerant is positioned above or at the level of a lower end and below an upper end of the heat receiving area in the vertical direction, in the arrangement condition that the drawing direction of the flow path plates is approximately parallel to the vertical direction.
Abstract:
[Problem] When a size of a cooling device using a boiling cooling system is reduced, a cooling performance decreases.[Means for solving the problems] It is characterized in that an evaporation unit which stores refrigerant, a condensing unit which condenses a gas-phase refrigerant produced by vaporizing the refrigerant in the evaporation unit to a liquid and dissipates heat, a vapor pipe which conveys the gas-phase refrigerant to the condensing unit, and a liquid pipe which conveys a liquid-phase refrigerant obtained by condensing the gas-phase refrigerant in the condensing unit to the evaporation unit are included, the condensing unit includes a heat dissipation flow path, an upper header which connects the vapor pipe and the heat dissipation flow path, and a lower header which connects the heat dissipation flow path and the liquid pipe, the upper header includes a flow path header portion connected to the heat dissipation flow path and an upper header extension portion located around the flow path header portion, and the upper header extension portion has a connection port connected to the vapor pipe in a face to which the heat dissipation flow path is connected.
Abstract:
A cooling apparatus includes N (N is an integer of 2 or larger) refrigerant storage units arranged in a vertical direction and configured to store refrigerants, a condensation unit disposed above the N refrigerant storage units, a steam pipe for circulating gas phase refrigerants flowing out of the N refrigerant storage units to the condensation unit, a liquid pipe for circulating a liquid phase refrigerant flowing out of the condensation unit to an uppermost refrigerant storage unit, and separation piping for circulating a liquid phase refrigerant flowing out of an upper refrigerant storage unit to a lower refrigerant storage unit. The liquid phase refrigerant flows into each refrigerant storage unit via an inlet, and flows out from the refrigerant storage unit via a first connection port formed below the inlet.