Heat pipe cooling device

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of the heat pipe cooling device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view thereof, taken along line XIV-XIV in FIG. 4.

This article is a heat pipe cooling device, which is configured to cool a semiconductor device or the like to be used for a vehicle control apparatus and the like. This article comprises a heat block configured to contact the semiconductor device or the like, a plurality of heat pipes, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins connected by the heat pipes. This article is configured such that heat is transferred from the semiconductor device or the like to the heat block, then transferred from the heat block to the heat dissipation fins through the heat pipes, and finally dissipated from the heat dissipation fins.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a heat pipe cooling device, substantially as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Kitajima; Hironori (Tsuchiura, JP), Sakayori; Hitoshi (Tsukuba, JP), Shiraishi; Yuuzou (Tsuchiura, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Kitajima; Hironori Sakayori; Hitoshi Shiraishi; Yuuzou Tsuchiura Tsukuba Tsuchiura N/A N/A N/A JP JP JP
Assignee:	Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd. (Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/371,467
Filed:	March 9, 2011

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Sep 10, 2010 [JP]			2010-021910
Nov 10, 2010 [JP]			2010-027000
Dec 28, 2010 [JP]			2010-031223

Current U.S. Class:	D23/322
Current International Class:	2303
Field of Search:	;D23/322,323,335,411,499,370,377 ;D13/197 ;174/15.1,16.3 ;361/690,697,702,709,711,514

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

5412535	May 1995	Chao et al.
D511327	November 2005	Ma et al.
D567772	April 2008	Lin et al.
7455102	November 2008	Cheng
2007/0144710	June 2007	Cheng
2007/0246189	October 2007	Lin et al.

Primary Examiner: Nelson; T. Chase
Assistant Examiner: Aman; Ania
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC