Heat transfer device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKoji ITO, Koichi ITO
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Abstract
A heat transfer device couples a heat generation member with a heat radiation member, and transfers heat from the heat generation member to the heat radiation member. The heat transfer device includes a composite member and a heat conductor. The composite member includes multiple carbon nanotubes and multiple carbon fibers which are mixed into a base material and complexed together, and the respective carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the carbon nanotubes. The heat conductor has one flexible end embedded in the composite member. The embedded one end is crosslinked with the carbon fibers in the composite member through the carbon nanotubes.
Claims13
A heat transfer device comprising:
- a heat generation member generating heat;
- a heat radiation member radiating heat;
- a heat conductor that has flexibility, thermally couples the heat generation member with the heat radiation member, and transfers heat generated in the heat generation member to the heat radiation member;
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- a composite member into which an end of the heat conductor is embedded, the composite member being disposed between the end of the heat conductor and at least one of the heat generation member and the heat radiation member, and exchanging heat with the at least one of the heat generation member and the heat radiation member, wherein
- the composite member includes a base material that exchanges heat with the at least one of the heat generation member and the heat radiation member, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a plurality of carbon fibers which are mixed into the base material and complexed with each other,
- the plurality of carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the plurality of carbon nanotubes, and
- the end of the heat conductor is crosslinked with the plurality of carbon fibers in the composite member through the plurality of carbon nanotubes.
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