Washing machine appliance having a heat pipe therein
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Patrick Martin, Ramasamy Thiyagarajan, Troy Marshall Wright
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Abstract
A washing machine appliance is provided herein. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a heat-generating electronic circuit board, and a heat pipe. The cabinet may extend in a transverse direction from a front end to a rear end. The cabinet may define an interior volume therein. The cabinet may include a metal back panel positioned at the rear end and defining at least a portion of the interior volume. The heat-generating electronic circuit board may be positioned within the interior volume. The heat pipe may extend in conductive thermal communication between the heat-generating electronic circuit board and the metal back panel.
Claims20
A washing machine appliance defining a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the washing machine appliance comprising:
- a cabinet extending in the transverse direction from a front end to a rear end and defining an interior volume therein, the cabinet comprising a metal back panel positioned at the rear end and defining at least a portion of the interior volume;
- a heat-generating electronic circuit board positioned within the interior volume;
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- a heat pipe extending in conductive thermal communication between the heat-generating electronic circuit board and the metal back panel.
A washing machine appliance defining a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the washing machine appliance comprising:
- a cabinet extending in the transverse direction from a front end to a rear end and defining an interior volume therein, the cabinet comprising a metal back panel positioned at the rear end and defining at least a portion of the interior volume;
- a heat-generating electronic circuit board positioned within the interior volume;
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- a heat pipe extending from a first end to a second end in conductive thermal communication between the heat-generating electronic circuit board and the metal back panel, wherein the second end is positioned above the first end along the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.