# US 7,610,950 B2 · Heat dissipation device with heat pipes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,610,950 B2 - Document ID: US7610950B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/557,917 - Filed: 2006-11-08 - Published: 2008-05-08 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2006-11-08 - Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jun Cao; Zhan Wu; Shi-Wen Zhou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610950B2 ## CPC - H10W 40/43: by flowing gases, e.g. forced air cooling - F28D 15/0275: {Arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with base blocks; Heat pipe cores} - H10W 40/73: for cooling by change of state - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) ## Abstract A heat dissipation device includes a first base plate (10), a fin group (30) arranged on the first base plate, a first heat pipe (50) attached on the first base plate and the fin group and a second heat pipe (60) attached on the first base plate and extending across the fin group. Each of the first and second heat pipes includes an absorbing section and a dissipating section. The absorbing sections of the first and second heat pipes are L-shaped and oriented in opposite directions and dissipating sections of the first and second heat pipes are oriented perpendicular to each other, whereby heat from the first base plate attached with an electronic component can take more different dissipating-paths from the first base plate to the fin group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A heat dissipation device comprising: a base plate; a fin group arranged on the base plate, the fin group comprising a plurality of fins extending from the base plate, the fins being aligned parallel to and spaced from each other; a first heat pipe comprising a first absorbing section attached on the base plate and a first dissipating section thermally connecting an upper portion of the fin group and aligned parallel to the fins; and a second heat pipe comprising a second absorbing section attached on the base plate and a second dissipating section extending across the fins of the fin group; wherein the base plate defines a pair of V-shaped first grooves along diagonal corners thereof, the V-shaped first grooves are oriented back to back and the first and second absorbing sections are received in the first grooves each of the V-shaped first grooves forming a V-shape approximately parallel to a surface of the base plate; wherein middle parts of the first grooves are arranged adjacent to each other and in a center of the base plate; and wherein the V-shaped first grooves each define an opening of the V-shape facing a corresponding corner of the base plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first heat pipe comprises a first transferring section connecting the first absorbing section and the first dissipating section, and wherein the first absorbing section has a free end thereof perpendicular to both of the first transferring and dissipating sections. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first absorbing section of the first heat pipe is L-shaped. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 2 wherein the second heat pipe comprises a second transferring section connecting the second absorbing section and the second dissipating section and wherein the second transferring section is shorter than the first transferring section of the first heat pipe. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second dissipating section of the second heat pipe is perpendicular to the first dissipating section of the first heat pipe. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cover plate attached on the fin group, the first dissipating section of the first heat pipe being soldered to the cover plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an additional base plate attached to the base plate, the first and second absorbing sections being sandwiched between the base plates. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fan assembly arranged at a side of the fin group, for generating a forced airflow through the fin group. ### Claim 9 A heat dissipation device adapted for cooling an electronic component, comprising: a base plate adapted for contacting with the electronic component, the base plate defining a pair of V-shaped first grooves along diagonal corners thereof, each of the V-shaped first grooves forming a V-shape approximately parallel to a surface of the base plate, the V-shaped first grooves having openings oriented opposite to each other and the openings of the V-shape each facing a corresponding corner of the base plate; a fin group soldered to the base plate; a first heat pipe having an evaporating portion soldered to the base plate and a condensing portion; and a second heat pipe having an evaporating portion soldered to the base plate and a condensing portion extending across the fin group, the condensing portion of the second heat pipe being located between the evaporating and condensing portions of the first heat pipe; wherein the evaporating portions of the first and second heat pipes are oriented back to back and received in the V-shaped first grooves of the base plate, and the condensing portions of the first and second heat pipes are oriented in directions perpendicular to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a cover plate attached to a top surface of the fin group, the condensing portion of the first heat pipe being soldered to the cover plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the evaporating portion of the first heat pipe is L-shaped and the condensing portion of the first heat pipe is parallel to a plane defined by the evaporating portion of the first heat pipe. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first and second heat pipes each comprise a transferring portion between the evaporating and condensing portions thereof, the transferring portions of the first and second heat pipes are disposed at adjacent sides of the fin group. ### Claim 13 A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat generated by an electronic component, comprising: a base plate having a bottom surface for contacting with the electronic component and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, the top surface defining two V-shaped grooves therein along diagonal corners of the base plate, the two V-shaped grooves being oriented back to back, each of the V-shaped grooves forming a V-shape approximately parallel to the top surface or the bottom surface of the base plate; a fin group mounted on the base plate and thermally connecting therewith; two heat pipes each having a heat absorbing section, a heat dissipating section and a heat transferring section interconnecting the heat absorbing section and the heat dissipating section; wherein the heat absorbing sections of the two heat pipes are accommodated in the grooves, respectively, and thermally connect with the base plate and the fin group, one of the heat dissipating sections is located adjacent to a top of the fin group and thermally connects therewith, the other of the heat dissipating sections extends below the one of the heat dissipating sections and thermally connects with the fin group, the two heat dissipating sections being oriented perpendicular to each other; and wherein the V-shaped grooves each define an opening of the V-shape facing a corresponding corner of the base plate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the heat transferring sections of the two heat pipes are located adjacent to two neighboring side faces of the fin group, respectively. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The heat dissipation device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the two V-shaped grooves each have an arc-shaped middle part close to each other and located in a center of the base plate.