# US 9,518,783 B2 · Vortex generating finned liquid-cooling heat exchanger module with transverse plate or pathways > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,518,783 B2 - Document ID: US9518783B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/731,022 - Filed: 2012-12-30 - Published: 2013-05-16 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-21 - Assignees: Enermax Technology Corporation - Applicants: Enermax Technology Corporation - Inventors: Jer-Sheng Hwang; Teng-Kai Chang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9518783B2 ## CPC - F28D 15/00: Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls {; Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer medium or bodies (F28D17/00, F28D19/00, F28D20/00 take precedence)} - F28F 3/02: Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations (F28F3/08 takes precedence) - F28F 3/12: Elements constructed in the shape of a hollow panel, e.g. with channels {(F28D1/02, F28D1/03 take precedence)} - H10W 40/47: by flowing liquids, e.g. forced water cooling - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - 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) - F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16) - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A liquid cooling heat exchanger module filled with a cooling liquid includes a casing (10) and a cooling structure (11), and the interior of the casing (10) is hollow, and the cooling structure (11) is installed in the casing (10), and the cooling structure (11) is formed by a plurality of fins (14) erected vertically and arranged equidistantly apart from one another to form a plurality of flow channels (15), and the cooling structure (11) includes one or more of transversally cut grooves (111) between the fins (15), so as to achieve the effects of extending the time for the cooling liquid to stay in the heat exchanger module (1), maximizing the cooling effect of the cooling liquid, and improving the heat dissipating efficiency. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid cooling heat exchanger module, filled with a cooling liquid, comprising: a casing (10) with a hollow interior, comprising an upper casing (12) and a base (13); a cooling structure, comprising at least two sets of fin structures formed on the base (13) of the casing (10), each of the at least two sets of fin structures including a plurality of fins (14) erected vertically on the base (13) and arranged equidistantly from one another to form a plurality of flow channels (15); at least one groove (111) formed between the at least two sets of the fin structures; and at least one partition plate (16) disposed in the at least one groove (111) and both sides of the at least one partition plate (16) directly contacting each of the plurality of fins (14) of each of the at least two sets of fin structures, wherein the at least one partition (16) is directly disposed on the base so that the plurality of flow channels (15) of the at least two sets of fin structures are divided by the at least one partition (16) to avoid the cooling liquid flowing between corresponding flow channels (15), wherein the plurality of fins (14) and the plurality of flow channels (15) of one of the at least two sets of fin structures are corresponsive to the plurality of fins (14) and the plurality of flow channels (15) of the other one of the at least two sets of fin structure to form as a plurality of straight lines wherein the casing (10) has an inlet (100) and an outlet (101) internally interconnected with each other, and a vortex generating area (110) concavely formed on the cooling structure and at a position corresponding to the inlet (100), such that the cooling liquid is filled into the casing through the inlet (100) and driven to form a vortex in the vortex generating area (110), and then the cooling liquid flows into each flow channel, the vortex generating area (110) is in a concave circular arc shape which forms a bowl on the top of the fins. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 1, wherein the inlet (100) of the casing (10) is disposed at a position-corresponding to a side in the vortex generating area (110). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 1, wherein the upper casing (12) comprises an external cover unit (120), and an internal partition unit (121) installed in the external cover unit (120), and an outlet (101) is formed on the external cover unit (120), and an inlet (100) is formed on the internal partition unit (121), and the cooling structure (11) is installed in the internal partition unit (121). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 3, wherein the external cover unit (120) has a through hole (122) formed at a position corresponding to the inlet (100), and the inlet (100) is protruded in a form of a connecting pipe, and the through hole (122) is provided for interconnecting the inlet (100). ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 3, further comprising a buffer area (123) disposed on a lateral side of the internal partition unit (121) and between the external cover unit (120) and the internal partition unit (121), and a guiding area (124) disposed at the top of the internal partition unit (121). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 1, wherein the vortex generating area (110) is formed at the upper edge of the fins. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 1, wherein the at least one partition (16) has a concave arc edge (160) formed at the upper edge and corresponding to a concave shape of the vortex generating area (110). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The liquid cooling heat exchanger module of claim 1, wherein a height of the at least one partition plate 9 (6) is the same as that of edges of the at least two sets of fin structures contacting the at least one partition plate (16).