Auxiliary device for conductively removing the heat produced by an electronic card
AssigneeKontron Modular Computers S.A.
InventorSerge TISSOT
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Abstract
An auxiliary device for conductively removing the heat produced by one or more components on an electronic card includes a heat sink covering all or part of the card. The device includes at least a first heat-conducting element mounted to absorb the heat produced by the one or more components, a movable second heat-conducting element, a heat pipe connecting the first element with the second element, and clamping means designed to press the movable second element against a cold wall.
Claims18
An auxiliary device for conductively removing heat produced by one or more components on an electronic card mounted in at least one slot formed in a frame external to said card, said frame forming a cold wall, the auxiliary device comprising:
- a heat sink covering all or part of said card;
- at least a first heat-conducting element mounted to absorb the heat produced by one or more components;
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- a heat pipe connecting said first element with a second heat-conducting element, wherein
- the heat pipe is placed in a plane substantially parallel and external to the heat sink,
- the heat pipe has a flexibility that allows the second heat-conducting element to move, and
- the device further comprises clamping means to press the movable second element against a portion of said cold wall that is situated away from said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.