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US 11,236,738 B2Granted
Cooling apparatus
AssigneeNidec Corporation
InventorsNobuya Nakae, Akihiko Makita, Hidenobu Takeshita, Tomotsugu Sugiyama
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus includes a cold plate including a lower surface to be in contact with a heat-radiating component, and a first coolant passage in which a coolant flows, a radiator including fins to perform cooling, and a second coolant passage in which the coolant flows, and a pump connected to each of the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage to circulate the coolant. The radiator is provided on the cold plate. The pump is adjacent to the radiator.
Claims12
A cooling apparatus comprising:
- a cold plate including a plate-shaped bottom wall portion, an upper wall portion to cover an upper surface of the bottom wall portion, a side wall portion to join outer edges of the bottom wall portion and the upper wall portion, and a first coolant passage in which a coolant flows;
- a radiator including fins to perform cooling, and a second coolant passage in which the coolant flows;
- and
- a pump connected to each of the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage to circulate the coolant;
- wherein
- the radiator is provided on the cold plate;
- the pump is located over the cold plate in a first direction and is adjacent to the radiator in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction;
- the bottom wall portion includes a lower surface exposed to be contacted from outside of the cooling apparatus;
- the first coolant passage is defined in an interior space enclosed by the bottom wall portion, the upper wall portion, and the side wall portion;
- a plurality of blades which extend in parallel with one another is provided on an upper surface of the bottom wall portion;
- the first cooling passage and overlaps a portion of the second cooling passage when viewed in the first direction;
- the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage are connected to each other;
- the second coolant passage is located above the first coolant passage in the first direction and extends in the second direction;
- and
- a lower end of each of the fins is in contact with an upper surface of the upper wall portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.