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US 11,109,510 B2Granted
Cooling apparatus
AssigneeNidec Corporation
InventorNobuya Nakae
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus includes a cold plate including a first refrigerant channel through which refrigerant flows, a radiator including fins and pipes defining second refrigerant channels communicating with the first refrigerant channel, a pump to circulate the refrigerant, a first tank coupled to one end of each of the pipes, and a second tank coupling another end of each of the pipes and the pump. The radiator is located on the cold plate. The pump is adjacent to a side of the cold plate.
Claims17
A cooling apparatus comprising:
- a cold plate including a first refrigerant channel through which refrigerant flows, the cold plate extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- a radiator including a plurality of fins, and a plurality of pipes defining a second refrigerant channel communicating with the first refrigerant channel;
- a pump to circulate the refrigerant;
- a first tank coupled to one end of each of the plurality of the pipes;
- and
- a second tank coupling another end of each of the plurality of the pipes and the pump;
- wherein
- the radiator is located on the cold plate in a third direction that is perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction;
- the cold plate includes a bottom wall and an upper wall;
- a lower surface of the bottom wall is in contact with a heating element;
- the upper wall is located in contact with the bottom wall in the third direction;
- the cold plate includes a notch defined by a bend in a side of the cold plate in the first direction;
- at least a portion of the pump is located in the notch;
- the upper wall covers an upper side of the pump in the third direction;
- and
- a lower surface of the upper wall and an upper surface of the pump directly oppose each other in the third direction, and a lower portion of the radiator and an upper surface of the upper wall directly oppose each other in the third direction.
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A cooling apparatus comprising:
- a cold plate including a first refrigerant channel through which refrigerant flows, the cold plate extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- a radiator including a plurality of fins, and a plurality of pipes defining a second refrigerant channel communicating with the first refrigerant channel;
- a pump to circulate the refrigerant;
- a first tank coupled to one end of each of the plurality of the pipes;
- and
- a second tank coupling another end of each of the plurality of the pipes and the pump;
- wherein
- the radiator is located on the cold plate in a third direction that is perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction;
- the cold plate includes a bottom wall and an upper wall;
- a lower surface of the bottom wall is in contact with a heating element;
- the upper wall is located in contact with the bottom wall in the third direction;
- the cold plate includes a notch defined by a bend in a side of the cold plate in the first direction;
- at least a portion of the pump is located in the notch;
- the upper wall covers an upper side of the pump in the third direction;
- a lower surface of the upper wall and an upper surface of the pump directly oppose each other in the third direction;
- and
- a lower surface of the pump is exposed to an outside in the first direction and the third direction and uncovered by any portion of the cold plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.