Patent ID: 6311767
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: F28D,F28F,H01L

Abstract:
A computer comprising:a computer enclosure having a wall defining a computer enclosure opening;a heat generating device within the computer enclosure;a heat pipe having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion thermally connected to the heat generating device;a body secured within the computer enclosure, the body forming a housing, wherein the body has an inlet port into the housing and a body opening out of the housing, the heat pipe second portion being located against and in intimate contact with the body in the body opening;a retaining block located on a side of the heat pipe opposing the body and in intimate contact to the second portion of the heat pipe, the retaining block being secured to the body thereby securing the heat pipe to the body;a plurality of fins secured to the retaining block in the body opening, wherein an area between the fins and the body opening defines an outlet port, the body being located in a position wherein the outlet port is adjacent the wall and mating with the computer enclosure opening;a fan rotatably mounted to the body in the inlet port such that rotation of the fan causes air to enter the body in a first direction through the inlet port, pass through the body and exit the body in the second direction, transverse to the first direction, through the outlet port and the computer enclosure opening out of the computer enclosure, wherein when the heat generating device produces heat, the heat transfers to the first portion of the heat pipe, the heat transferring from the first portion of the heat pipe to the second portion of the heat pipe through the retaining block to the fins from where the heat is convected to the air that exits through the outlet port and the computer enclosure opening out of the computer enclosure.