Heat transfer device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKoji Ito, Koichi Ito
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Abstract
A heat transfer device couples a heat generation member with a heat radiation member, and transfers heat from the heat generation member to the heat radiation member. The heat transfer device includes a composite member and a heat conductor. The composite member includes multiple carbon nanotubes and multiple carbon fibers which are mixed into a base material and complexed together, and the respective carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the carbon nanotubes. The heat conductor has one flexible end embedded in the composite member. The embedded one end is crosslinked with the carbon fibers in the composite member through the carbon nanotubes.
Claims19
A heat transfer device comprising:
- an electronic device generating heat;
- an evaporator radiating heat;
- a cable including carbon fibers, the cable thermally coupling the electronic device with the evaporator, and transferring heat generated in the electronic device to the evaporator;
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- a composite member into which an end of the cable is embedded, the composite member being disposed between the end of the cable and at least one of the electronic device and the evaporator, and exchanging heat with the at least one of the electronic device and the evaporator, wherein
- the composite member includes a base material that exchanges heat with the at least one of the electronic device and the evaporator, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a plurality of carbon fibers which are mixed into the base material and complexed with each other,
- the plurality of carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the plurality of carbon nanotubes, and
- the carbon fibers of the end of the cable are crosslinked with the plurality of carbon fibers in the composite member through the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the composite member.
A heat transfer device comprising:
- a seat air conditioner air-conditioning a seat on which an occupant is seated in a vehicle interior and generating heat;
- an evaporator radiating heat;
- a cable including carbon fibers, the cable thermally coupling the seat air conditioner with the evaporator, and transferring heat generated in the seat air conditioner to the evaporator;
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- a composite member into which an end of the cable is embedded, the composite member being disposed between the end of the cable and at least one of the seat air conditioner and the evaporator, and exchanging heat with the at least one of the seat air conditioner and the evaporator, wherein
- the composite member includes a base material that exchanges heat with the at least one of the seat air conditioner and the evaporator, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a plurality of carbon fibers which are mixed into the base material and complexed with each other,
- the plurality of carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the plurality of carbon nanotubes, and
- the carbon fibers of the end of the cable are crosslinked with the plurality of carbon fibers in the composite member through the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the composite member.
A heat transfer device comprising:
- a battery generating heat;
- an evaporator radiating heat;
- a cable including carbon fibers, the cable thermally coupling the battery with the evaporator, and transferring heat generated in the battery to the evaporator;
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- a composite member into which an end of the cable is embedded, the composite member being disposed between the end of the cable and at least one of the battery and the evaporator, and exchanging heat with the at least one of the battery and the evaporator, wherein
- the composite member includes a base material that exchanges heat with the at least one of the battery and the evaporator, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a plurality of carbon fibers which are mixed into the base material and complexed with each other,
- the plurality of carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the plurality of carbon nanotubes, and
- the carbon fibers of the end of the cable are crosslinked with the plurality of carbon fibers in the composite member through the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the composite member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.