Patent ID: 7443680
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A heat dissipating apparatus adapted for dissipating heat generated by a heat producing device, comprising: a base for contacting with a heat producing electronic element of the heat producing device; a fin set located on the base, comprising a plurality of fins, a plurality of passages defined between the fins, each of the fins having two opposite edges and a lateral inclined edge connecting the two opposite edges, the inclined edges of the fins defining an inclined plane at a lateral side of the fin set; an axial fan located on the inclined plane at the lateral side of the fin set and defining an acute angle to the base, for generating an airflow through the passages to the base; and a plurality of straight flat heat pipes sandwiched between the fin set and the base; wherein the base comprises a first plate and a second plate received in an opening defined in the first plate, the first plate and the second plate respectively define two corresponding receiving grooves communicating with each other; and wherein the plurality of straight flat heat pipes is wholly received in the receiving grooves of the first plate and the second plate of the base and connected to a bottom surface of the fin set.