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US 6,111,748 AGranted
Flat fan heat exchanger and use thereof in a computing device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorRakesh Bhatia
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Abstract
A fan heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a fan housing which defines a chamber as well as top and bottom closing surfaces for the chamber. A fan is mounted in the chamber and has a rotational axis substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface.
Claims11
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a fan housing defining a chamber, said chamber having a side inlet and a side outlet, said fan housing comprising a thermally conductive fan housing portion;
- a top closing surface for said chamber;
- a bottom closing surface for said chamber;
- a fan mounted within said chamber, said fan having a rotational axis substantially perpendicular to said bottom closing surface and substantially parallel to said side inlet and said side outlet;
- and
- a heat pipe having a first portion to thermally couple to an electronic component and a second portion thermally coupled to said thermally conductive fan housing portion.
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A computing device comprising:
- a computer housing;
- an electronic component disposed within the computer housing;
- and
- a heat exchanger disposed within said computer housing, said heat exchanger being a remote heat exchanger that is located separately from the electronic component, said remote heat exchanger comprising a horizontally mounted fan, said horizontally mounted fan being configured to provide air inflow and air outflow through a fan chamber in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the horizontally mounted fan, the heat exchanger further comprising a fan housing attached to said computer housing, said fan housing defining said fan chamber and an airflow plane substantially perpendicular to a rotational axis of said horizontally mounted fan, said fan housing having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet and said outlet being configured to allow airflow through said fan chamber in said airflow plane, said fan chamber surrounding said horizontally mounted fan wherein said fan housing forms a rectangular shape having an airflow axis running from said inlet to said outlet and a perpendicular axis perpendicular to said airflow axis, and wherein said horizontally mounted fan is mounted offset from a center point of said perpendicular axis.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a computer housing;
- an electronic component disposed within said computer housing;
- a heat exchanger comprising:
- a fan housing defining a chamber, said chamber having a side inlet and a side outlet, said fan housing comprising a thermally conductive fan housing portion;
- a top closing surface for said chamber;
- a bottom closing surface for said chamber;
- a fan mounted within said chamber, said fan having a rotational axis subtantially perpendicular to said bottom closing surface and substantially parallel to said side inlet and said side outlet;
- and
- a heat pipe having a first portion to thermally couple to said electronic component and a second portion thermally coupled to said thermally conductive fan housing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.