Rotatable water-cooling tube and electronic device with same

#The present invention relates to a water-cooling tube, and more particularly to a rotatable water-cooling tube and an electronic device with the water-cooling tube.

#Generally, a circuit board is provided with computer chips or processors. During the operations of these computer chips or processors, a great deal of heat is generated. If the heat is not effectively removed, the computer chips or processors are possibly overheated and damaged. For protecting the computer chips or processors, a cooling device and a water-cooling tube are provided to dissipate the heat away the computer chips or processors.

#However, the conventional technologies still have some drawbacks. For example, the exiting water-cooling tube is usually a hard metallic tube. In addition, the water-cooling tube is inflexible and difficult to be bent. Due to the rigidity of the water-cooling tube, it is difficult to disassemble and assemble the water-cooling tube after the water-cooling tube is installed on the circuit board. Especially, for installing the computer chip or processor under the water-cooling tube, the whole water-cooling tube needs to be removed. After the procedure of installing the computer chip or processor is completed, the whole water-cooling tube is reinstalled. Even if the installation position of the computer chip is only located at a small area of the circuit board, the whole water-cooling tube needs to be removed before the computer chip is installed. Moreover, if the position of the chip is deviated from the position of the water-cooling tube after the chip and the water-cooling tube are installed, the fine adjustment is not easy. Since the conventional water-cooling tube is not user-friendly, there is a need of providing an improved water-cooling tube in order to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional technologies.

#FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a rotatable water-cooling tube according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a variant example of the rotatable water-cooling tube according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the rotatable water-cooling tube according to the first embodiment of the present invention and taken along the line 3′-3′;

#The present invention will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments and accompanying drawings.

#A first embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a rotatable water-cooling tube according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a variant example of the rotatable water-cooling tube according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the rotatable water-cooling tube 1 comprises a first tube body 10, a second tube body 20, a third tube body 30, a first connector 40 and a second connector 50. The first tube body 10 comprises a first tube channel 11, a first end 12, a second end 13 and a third end 14. The first tube channel 11 is in communication with the first end 12, the second end 13 and the third end 14. The second tube body 20 comprises a second tube channel 21. The third tube body 30 comprises a third tube channel 31. The first connector 40 is located at the first end 12 of the first tube body 10. In addition, the first connector 40 is in communication with the first tube body 10 and the second tube body 20. The second connector 50 is located at the second end 13 of the first tube body 10. In addition, the second connector 50 is in communication with the first tube body 10 and the third tube body 30. Consequently, the first tube body 10, the second tube body 20 and the third tube body 30 are in communication with each other. The first connector 40 and the second connector 50 of the first tube body 10 are rotatable in the direction R. Consequently, the first tube body 10 is rotatable relative to the second tube body 20 and the third tube body 30 in the direction R.

#In this embodiment, the rotatable water-cooling tube 1 is further equipped with a heat dissipation element 60. The heat dissipation element 60 is installed at the third end 14 of the first tube body 10. Moreover, as the first tube body 10 is rotated in the direction R, the position of the heat dissipation element 60 is correspondingly changed. The installation of the heat dissipation element 60 on the rotatable water-cooling tube 1 is not restricted. In an embodiment, the inner position of the heat dissipation element 60 is in communication with the first tube channel 11 of the first tube body 10. In another embodiment, the heat dissipation element 60 is attached on an outer wall 101 of the first tube body 10.