Cooling apparatus and liquid crystal display device having the same
OwnerJoo-woan Cho, Chun-ho Song +7inventors
InventorsJoo-woan Cho, Chun-ho Song, Seock -hwan Kang, Gi-cherl Kim, Se-ki Park, Sang-gil Lee, Jong-seo Lee, Sang-yu Lee, Ju-young Yoon
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus comprises a casing, a heat sink and a cooling fan. The casing comprises a first opening and a second opening to provide an air path. The heat sink is received in the casing. The heat sink includes a recession part. The cooling fan is disposed in the recession part.
Claims30
A cooling apparatus comprising:
- a casing comprising a first opening and a second opening to provide an air path;
- a heat sink that is received in the casing, the heat sink including a recession part;
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- a cooling fan disposed in the recession part.
A display device comprising;
- a liquid crystal panel;
- a backlight unit disposed at a back surface of the liquid crystal panel and supplying light to the liquid crystal panel;
- a chassis receiving the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit;
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- a cooling apparatus disposed in contact with the chassis, the cooling apparatus comprising a casing, a heat sink and a cooling fan, the heat sink including a recession part, the cooling fan disposed in the recession part, and the casing including a first opening and a second opening forming an air path through the heat sink.
A cooling apparatus comprising;
- a casing comprising a first opening and a second opening to form an air path;
- a heat sink received in the casing;
- and
- a cooling fan received in the casing.
A display device comprising;
- a liquid crystal panel;
- a backlight unit disposed at a back surface of the liquid crystal panel and supplying light to the liquid crystal panel;
- a chassis receiving the backlight unit and the liquid crystal panel;
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- a cooling apparatus disposed at an external surface of the chassis corresponding to a position of the backlight unit, the cooling apparatus comprising a casing having a first opening and a second opening to form an air path and a cooling fan received in the casing.
A method of cooling a display device comprising a backlight unit disposed in a chassis and a casing disposed at an external surface of the chassis corresponding to a position of the backlight unit and comprising a first opening and a second opening, the method comprising:
- disposing a cooling fan in the first opening;
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- operating the cooling fan to form an air path between the first opening and the second opening.
An assembly method of a cooling apparatus including a casing having a first opening and a second opening forming an air path through the casing, and a cooling fan, the method comprising:
- disposing the cooling fan in the first opening such that the cooling fan does not protrude from the casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.