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US 7,791,883 B2Granted
Fastening heat exchanger apparatus
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorIan Lin
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Abstract
A heat exchanger is connected with a heat source in order to dissipate heat generated by the heat source. The fastening apparatus includes a first bracket and a second bracket, both connected to the base, and a first latch element. There is a first opening formed in the first bracket. The first latch element is connected to one side of the heat exchanger, and includes a first protrusion and a first contact section. The first protrusion penetrates through the first opening making the first bracket provide movement limitation to the heat exchanger. The second bracket provides additional movement limitation to the heat exchanger. To separate the heat exchanger from the base, the first contact section is pressed to make the first protrusion move out of the first opening.
Claims19
A fastening apparatus for fastening a secondary heat exchanger on a base, said fastening apparatus comprising:
- a first bracket, connected to said base, including a first opening;
- a first latch element attached to one side of said secondary heat exchanger for securing said secondary heat exchanger to said base, wherein said first latch element is physically affixed to the secondary heat exchanger and comprises:
- a first protrusion, wherein said first protrusion provides a complimentary shape to said first opening, wherein the complimentary shape of said first protrusion firmly secures within the space provided by said first opening, wholly filling said first opening;
- a first contact section for facilitating operation of said first latch element;
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- wherein, said first protrusion penetrates through said first opening preventing movement of said first bracket with said secondary heat exchanger and preventing movement of the secondary heat exchanger, and as said first contact section is pressed inward, said first protrusion is automatically disengaged from said first opening allowing said secondary heat exchanger to be separated from said base;
- wherein said secondary heat exchanger is distant from the heat source and connected with the heat source via a heat conducting device providing physical separation between the secondary heat exchanger and the heat source, and wherein the heat source is directly adjacent to a primary heat exchanger;
- wherein the heat conducting device is connected to a first frame to which the heat source and the primary heat exchanger are attached;
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- a second frame to which the first latch element is attached;
- wherein the second frame is directly connected to the heat conducting device to conduct the heat transferred via the heat conducting device from the heat source.
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A fastening apparatus for fastening a secondary heat exchanger on a base, and said fastening apparatus comprising:
- a first bracket, connected to said base, including a first opening;
- a heat conducting device, wherein the heat conducting device interconnects the secondary heat exchanger and a heat source and conducts heat to the secondary heat exchanger uniformly, wherein the secondary heat exchanger is distant from a primary heat exchanger that also conducts heat away from the heat source;
- wherein further said secondary heat exchanger is distant from the heat source, and wherein the heat source is directly adjacent to the primary heat exchanger;
- a first latch element attached to one side of said secondary heat exchanger for securing said secondary heat exchanger to said base, wherein said first latch element is physically affixed to the secondary heat exchanger and comprises:
- a first protrusion, wherein said first protrusion provides a complimentary shape to said first opening, wherein the complimentary shape of said first protrusion firmly secures within the space provided by said first opening, wholly filling said first opening;
- and a first contact section for facilitating operation of said first latch element;
- a second bracket, connected to said base, including a second opening;
- a second latch element connected to another side of said secondary heat exchanger, and said second latch element comprising:
- a second protrusion;
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- a second contact section for facilitating operation of said second latch element;
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- wherein, said first protrusion penetrates through said first opening and said second protrusion penetrates through said second opening preventing movement of said first bracket and said second bracket with said heat exchanger and preventing movement of the heat exchanger, and as said first contact section and said second contact section are pressed inward simultaneously, said first protrusion and said second protrusion are automatically disengaged from said first opening and said second opening, respectively, allowing said secondary heat exchanger to be separated from said base;
- wherein the heat conducting device is connected to a first frame to which the heat source and the primary heat exchanger are attached;
- a second frame to which the first latch element is attached;
- wherein the second frame is directly connected to the heat conducting device to conduct the heat transferred via the heat conducting device from the heat source.
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A fastening/releasing method using a fastening apparatus for fastening a secondary heat exchanger on a base and releasing said secondary heat exchanger from said base, wherein:
- said secondary heat exchanger being distant from a heat source;
- only a primary heat exchanger from among the secondary heat exchanger and the primary heat exchanger is directly adjacent to the heat source by being fastened to a frame to which the heat source is also fastened;
- a heat conducting device interconnects the secondary heat exchanger and the frame to which the primary heat exchanger is fastened, wherein the heat conducting device uniformly conducts heat to the secondary heat exchanger;
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- said fastening apparatus having a first bracket and a first latch element, said first bracket connected to said base including a first opening, said first latch element being attached to one side of said heat exchanger for securing said heat exchanger to said base, and said first latch element being physically affixed to the secondary heat exchanger and further comprising a first protrusion and a first contact section, wherein said first protrusion provides a complimentary shape to said first opening, wherein the complimentary shape of said first protrusion firmly secures within the space provided by said first opening, wholly filling said first opening;
- wherein the heat conducting device is connected to the frame to which the heat source and the primary heat exchanger are attached;
- wherein the secondary heat exchanger includes a second frame to which the first latch element is attached;
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- wherein the second frame is directly connected to the heat conducting device to conduct the heat transferred via the heat conducting device from the heat source;
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- said method comprising:
- (a) fastening the secondary heat exchanger to the base by disposing said secondary heat exchanger on said base by inserting said first protrusion to penetrate through said first opening preventing movement of said first bracket relative to said secondary heat exchanger and preventing movement of the secondary heat exchanger;
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- (b) releasing said secondary heat exchanger from the base by pressing said first contact section inward to automatically disengage said first protrusion from said first opening allowing said secondary heat exchanger to be separated from said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.