Device for heat dissipation from an endoscopic illumination apparatus
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorCostantino Pascale
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Abstract
Device for an endoscopic illumination apparatus comprising a heat pipe having a first end region and a second end region; a first heat source; a heat dissipation element for dissipating thermal energy from said first heat source; a heat sink spaced apart from the first heat source; and a clamping element, wherein the clamping element is reversibly detachably mounted on the heat dissipation element such that the first end region of the heat pipe is held between the heat dissipation element and the clamping element, wherein the heat pipe is adapted to conduct the thermal energy of the heat source to the heat sink, wherein the second end region of the heat pipe is spaced apart from the first end region, and wherein the second end region ends in the heat sink.
Claims23
A heat dissipating device configured to dissipate heat from an endoscopic illumination device comprising:
- one or more a heat pipes each including a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a heat dissipation element configured to dissipate thermal energy from a first heat source associated with the endoscopic illumination device;
- a heat sink;
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- a clamp,
- wherein the clamp is reversibly detachably mounted on the heat dissipation element such that the first end portions of the one or more heat pipes are held between the heat dissipation element and the clamp,
- wherein the one or more heat pipes are adapted to conduct the thermal energy of the first heat source to the heat sink, and
- wherein the second end portion of the one or more heat pipes ends in the heat sink.
A heat dissipating device configured to dissipate heat from an endoscopic illumination device comprising:
- a plurality of first heat pipes each including a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a plurality of second heat pipes each including a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a first heat dissipation element and a first clamp configured to dissipate thermal energy from a first heat source associated with the endoscopic illumination device;
- a second heat dissipation element and a second clamp also configured to dissipate thermal energy from the first heat source;
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- a heat sink connected by the plurality of first heat pipes and the plurality of second heat pipes to the first heat dissipation element and the first clamp, and the second heat dissipation element and the second clamp, respectively,
- wherein the clamps are detachably mounted on their respective heat dissipation elements such that the first end portions of the plurality of first heat pipes are held between the first heat dissipation element and the first clamp, and the first end portions of the plurality of second heat pipes are held between the second heat dissipation element and the second clamp,
- wherein the plurality of heat pipes are adapted to conduct the thermal energy from the first heat source to the heat sink, and
- wherein the second end portions of the first and the second plurality of heat pipes are located in the heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.