Interlocking heat sink
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorShawn P. Hoss
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Abstract
An interlocking heat sink is shaped such that it geometrically mates with an adjacent heat sink such that a linear gap for air flow is not formed between adjacent heat sinks. In multiple processor systems, an interlocking heat sink is associated with each processor.
Claims22
A computer system, comprising,
- a plurality of processors, each of which is associated with a heat sink;
- and
- a memory;
- wherein the heat sinks associated with the plurality of processors are sized such that a linear path for flowing air is not formed in the gap between adjacent heat sinks, and
- wherein the heat sinks are shaped such that each heat sink includes an offset portion that is sized to mate with a coordinate portion in an adjacent heat sink.
A heat sink, comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a plurality of fins coupled to the base;
- wherein the heat sink is sized such that when the heat sink is placed adjacent to a like heat sink, a non-linear air path is present between the adjacent heat sinks;
- and wherein the heat sink is sized such that the heat sink includes an offset portion that is sized to mate with a coordinate portion in an adjacent heat sinks.
A method for arranging heat sinks in a multiple processor computer system, comprising the step of, for each processor of the computer system, placing a heat sink proximate the processor, wherein each heat sink is sized such that a linear path for air flow is not formed between adjacent heat sinks, and wherein the heat sinks are shaped such that each heat sink includes an offset portion that is sized to mate with a coordinate portion of the adjacent heat sink.
A heat sink, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of fins coupled to the base;
- wherein the heat sink is sized such that, when the heat sink is placed adjacent to a like heat sink, the adjacent heat sinks form an interlocking pair of heat sinks whose geometries mate with one another;
- and
- wherein the heat sink is sized such that, when the heat sink is placed adjacent to a like heat sink, a linear, transverse path for air flow that is perpendicular to the length of the adjacent heat sinks is not formed between the adjacent heat sinks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.