Heat sink assembly having interdigitated cooling fins
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsMark L. Whittum, Christopher W. Helmke
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Abstract
A heat sink assembly including a first heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a first heat source and including spaced apart columns of spaced horizontal fins extending outwardly from the first heat source, and a second heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a second heat source and including spaced apart rows of space vertical fins extending outwardly from the second heat source, wherein the spaced apart columns of spaced horizontal and the spaced apart rows of spaced vertical fins are arranged in an interdigitated manner.
Claims20
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a) a first heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a first heat source and including at least first and second spaced apart banks of spaced horizontal fins extending outwardly from the first heat source;
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- b) a second heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a second heat source and including at least first and second spaced apart banks of spaced vertical fins extending outwardly from the second heat source, wherein the spaced apart banks of horizontal and vertical fins are arranged in an interdigitated manner.
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a) a first heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a first heat source and including spaced apart columns of spaced horizontal fins extending outwardly from the first heat source;
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- b) a second heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a second heat source and including spaced apart rows of spaced vertical fins extending outwardly from the second heat source, wherein the spaced apart columns of spaced horizontal fins and the spaced apart rows of spaced vertical fins are arranged in an interdigitated manner.
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a) a first bank of spaced apart cooling fins in thermal contact with a first heat source;
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- b) a second bank of spaced apart cooling fins in thermal contact with a second heat source and spaced proximate to the first bank of spaced apart cooling fins, wherein the cooling fins of the first bank are oriented orthogonal to the cooling fins of the second bank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.