HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF

A heat dissipation module and an assembly method thereof are introduced. The heat dissipation module includes a body, which is provided with a liquid cooler, and the heat dissipation module is disposed at a heat generator to perform heat dissipation. Thus, the heat dissipation module and the assembly method thereof provide a stable configuration and an efficiently improved heat dissipation effect.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 111126854 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Jul. 18, 2022, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present disclosure relates to a heat dissipation module and an assembly method thereof, and in particular to a heat dissipation module providing a stable configuration and an efficiently improved heat dissipation effect, and an assembly method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art

Heat is usually generated during the operation of an electronic apparatus, and thus a gas-heat dissipation or liquid-heat dissipation apparatus needs to be provided to meet heat dissipation requirements.

However, limited by an internal space of an electronic apparatus, it is a frequent occurrence that a gas or a liquid may not be effectively guided for heat dissipation, resulting in degraded heat dissipation efficiency.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

On the basis of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a heat dissipation module and an assembly method thereof of the present disclosure provide a stable configuration and an efficiently improved heat dissipation effect.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present disclosure provides a heat dissipation module and an assembly method thereof. The heat dissipation module includes a body, which is provided therein with a liquid cooler or a gaseous cooler, and the heat dissipation module is disposed at a heat generator to perform heat dissipation.

The present disclosure further provides an assembly method of a heat dissipation module to dispose, assemble, couple, weld, or bond a body of the heat dissipation module by an automated process to an object or a heat generator, such that the body or the heat dissipation module is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, or bonded at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid cooler receives a heat source of the heat generator and becomes a gas, and is condensed into a liquid in the body to perform heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with a condenser, which is used to condense a gas into a liquid.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the condenser is a condenser pipe, a metal body, a heat sink, a cooling fluid, a cooling gas, or a cooling fin.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the condenser is provided with a flow channel for a liquid fluid or a gaseous fluid to flow.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the condenser is provided with a fan, which is used for heat dissipation.

In embodiments of the present invention, the body is provided with a heat sink used to guide, absorb, or dissipate a heat source between the heat generator and the liquid cooler or the gaseous cooler, or the heat sink is connected to a gas-cooling device to perform heat dissipation, or the heat sink is connected to a liquid-cooling device to perform heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an intermediate heat sink or a heat sink medium is provided between the body and the heat generator, wherein the intermediate heat sink or the heat sink medium is used to guide or absorb a heat source between the body and the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with a fan, which is used for heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with an assembly element, which assembles the body at the object.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the assembly element has an elastic force to press and arrange the assembly element at the body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the heat generator is disposed at the object, and the object is a printed circuit board or an object having a circuit.

In embodiments of the present invention, the heat generator is an integrated circuit (IC), a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), an object that generates heat after energization, or a heat generating object.

In embodiments of the present invention, the liquid cooler is a water cooler, an oil cooler, water, a liquid object, or an engineering liquid.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided therein with a non-liquid space, which is used to accommodate a gas formed from a liquid.

In embodiments of the present invention, the body is provided therein with a non-liquid space, and the non-liquid space is located between the liquid cooler and the condenser, or the non-liquid space is located in the liquid cooler, or the non-liquid space is located in the condenser.

In embodiments of the present invention, the body, the heat sink, or the condenser is provided with an information transmission assembly or a light emitter, and the information transmission assembly or the light emitter is used to transmit or display a temperature of the body, the heat dissipation module, the liquid cooler, or the gaseous cooler, or detect or display a temperature of the non-liquid space, or detect or display a temperature of the condenser, or detect or display a temperature of the heat sink, or detect or display heat dissipation information, temperature information, or light emitting display of the heat generator, the liquid cooler, or the condenser.

In embodiments of the present invention, the body, the heat dissipation module, or the condenser is provided with a light emitter, which is used to display heat dissipation information or temperature information of the body, the heat dissipation module, or the condenser.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with a filler, which is used to fill the liquid condenser.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the filler includes a switch.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid displacement device is further included. The liquid displacement device moves the liquid cooler to the heat sink or the condenser to perform heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with one or more heat sinks, and at least one of the heat sinks is provided with a flow channel used to guide flow of the liquid cooler.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with a heat sink, which is connected to the gas-cooling device to perform heat dissipation.

In embodiments of the present invention, the gas-cooling device imports compressed air, such that one end of the gas-cooling device imports cold air into the heat sink, a heat conductor, a cooler, or the body to perform heat dissipation, heat conduction, or cooling, and one other end of the gas-cooling device exports hot air.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the gas-cooling device is a vortex tube, such that one end of the gas-cooling device imports air and one other end of the gas-cooling device exports hot air.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is provided with a heat sink, and the heat sink is provided with a flow channel used to import cold air to perform heat dissipation of the heat generator.

In embodiments of the present invention, the body, the heat sink, or the condenser is provided with a temperature detecting element, which is used to detect a temperature of the liquid cooler, or detect a temperature of the non-liquid space, or detect a temperature of the condenser, or detect a temperature of the heat sink, or detect a temperature of the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body or the heat dissipation module is picked up by a tool or an automated process, and is compared with a configuration position of the object or the heat generator by a comparison device to perform disposing, assembling, coupling, welding, or a bonding.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body or the heat dissipation module is picked up by a tool or an automated process to move the body or the heat dissipation module to a predetermined height distanced from the object or the heat generator, and the body or the heat dissipation module is released or loosened, such that the body or the heat dissipation module is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, or bonded at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body or the heat dissipation module is picked up by a tool or an automated process to move the body or the heat dissipation module, the body or the heat dissipation module is elastically pressed downward by the tool, and the body or the heat dissipation module is released or loosened, such that the body or the heat dissipation module is disposed, coupled, welded, or bonded at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body or the heat dissipation module is picked up by a tool or an automated process to move the body or the heat dissipation module, the tool senses that the body or the heat dissipation module comes into contact with the object or the heat generator, and the body or the heat dissipation module is released or loosened, such that the body or the heat dissipation module is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, or bonded at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body or the heat dissipation module is picked up by a tool or an automated process to move the body or the heat dissipation module to the object or the heat generator, the body or the heat dissipation module is pressed downward by the tool, and the body or the heat dissipation module is released or loosened, such that the body or the heat dissipation module is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, or bonded at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the tool is a vacuum device, a fastener, a magnetic device, or an elastic device.

In embodiments of the present invention, the body and the object or the heat generator are assembled or coupled by means of heat welding, coating, assembling, bonding, fastening, fixing with a fixed element, sealing or packaging, or the object is a PCB, an iron plate, a metal body, or a plastic body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid cooler is added into the body after the body is disposed, placed, assembled, or coupled at the object or the heat generator, or the liquid cooler is added before the body is disposed at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is first welded, assembled or coupled at the heat generator or the object, and is then fixed, sealed, or packaged by a fixing element.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is first welded, assembled, or coupled at the heat generator or the object and fixed, sealed, or packaged a fixing element, and the liquid cooler is added into the body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing element is a viscous element, a jelly element, a welding element, a plastic body, solder, glue, a thermoplastic element, or a heat curable element.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body or the heat dissipation module is picked up by a tool or an automated process to move the body or the heat dissipation module to the object or the heat generator, and the body or the heat dissipation module is released or loosened, such that the body or the heat dissipation module is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, or bonded at the object or the heat generator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body has a limiting portion or an anti-rotation portion used to limit or prevent rotation of a corresponding structure of the object, wherein the object is a PCB, an iron plate, a metal body, or a plastic body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the heat dissipation module or the body is welded or bonded at the object or the heat generator to dispose the heat dissipation module or the body at the heat generator or the object.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a descending, sinking, or downward force or traction is produced by heat welding performed for cooling the solder from a liquid state to a solid state, or a descending, sinking, or downward force or traction is produced by bonding, such that the heat dissipation module or the body adheres to, leans against, or becomes close to the heat generator or the object.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A heat dissipation module and an assembly method thereof according to embodiments of the present disclosure are further described with the accompanying drawings below.

The above and other technical details, features and effects of the disclosure are to become more readily apparent with the detailed description of the preferred embodiments given with reference to the drawings below. It should be noted that, the directional terms used in the embodiments below, for example, upper, lower, left, right, front, and back are given merely with reference to the directions of the accompanying drawings. Thus, the directional terms are for illustration purposes and are not to be construed as limitations to the present disclosure. Moreover, in the embodiments below, the same or similar elements are represented by the same or similar denotations or numerals.

Refer toFIG.1andFIG.2showing a heat dissipation module and an assembly method of the present disclosure. The heat dissipation module1includes a body11, which is provided therein with a liquid cooler12(or a gaseous cooler), and the heat dissipation module1may have the body11disposed at a heat generator10to perform heat dissipation.

For assembly and use, a welding portion201may be used to assemble the heat generator10at an object20by means of the surface mount technology (SMT) or an automated process, and the body11is disposed at the heat generator10or the object20, such that the body11, the heat generator10and the object20achieve an effect of a stable configuration. Moreover, heat dissipation of the heat generator10is performed by the liquid cooler12in the body10, hence achieving the effect of efficient heat dissipation.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11(or the heat dissipation module1) is welded or bonded at the object20, and a descending, sinking, or downward force or traction is produced by heat soldering or heat welding performed for cooling the solder or welding material from a liquid state to a solid state, or a descending, sinking, or downward force or traction is produced by bonding, such that the heat dissipation module1or the body11adheres to, leans against, or becomes close to the heat generator10or the object20.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, solder paste, solder balls, or an adhesive become a liquid state or a soft body due to heating during the soldering or welding process, and then cools to again become a solid liquid or a hard body, wherein the solder paste, solder balls, or adhesive may be disposed at the body11, the heat dissipation module1, the object20, or the heat generator10, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly or heat dissipation requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the liquid cooler12receives a heat source of the heat generator10and becomes a gas, and the liquid cooler12is condensed to a liquid in the body11to perform heat dissipation, hence achieving the effect of efficient heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is provided with a condenser13, which is used to condense a gas into a liquid. Thus, the liquid condenser12receives the heat source of the heat generator10and becomes a gas, and the condenser13is condensed into a liquid in the body11, hence achieving the effect of efficient heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the condenser13is a condenser pipe, a metal body, a heat sink, a cooling fluid, a cooling gas, or a cooling fin, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an intermediate heat sink14(or a heat sink medium) is provided between the body11and the heat generator10, wherein the intermediate heat sink14is used to guide, absorb, or dissipate the heat source between the body11and the heat generator10, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is provided with an assembly element15, which assembles the body11at the object20. The assembly element15coordinates with an elastic component151and thus has an elastic force, such that the assembly element15can be stably pressed and arranged at the body11, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the object20may be a printed circuit board (PCB) or an object having a circuit, the heat generator10may be an integrated circuit (IC), a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), an object that generates heat after energization, or a heat generating body, and the liquid cooler12may be a water cooler, an oil cooler, water, a liquid object, or an engineering liquid, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is provided therein with a non-liquid space16, which is used to accommodate a gas formed from the liquid cooler12that is a liquid.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-liquid space16is located between the liquid cooler12and the condenser13(or the non-liquid space16is located in the liquid cooler12, or the non-liquid space16is located in the condenser13), such that the non-liquid space16accommodates a gas formed from the liquid cooler12that is a liquid.

As shown inFIG.3, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, the condenser13has a flow channel131which is for a liquid fluid or a gaseous fluid to flow, and the body11is provided with a heat sink17(or a cooler, shown in the drawing). The flow channel131is provided at the heat sink17(or cooler), and is used to import cold air or a gas to perform heat dissipation or cooling of the heat generator10(or the liquid cooler12), wherein the heat sink17is used to guide, absorb, or dissipate a heat source between the heat generator10and the liquid cooler12. As such, heat dissipation of the heat generator is performed by using the liquid cooler12in the body11, and heat dissipation is further performed with the coordination of the liquid fluid or the gaseous fluid in the flow channel of the condenser13as well as the heat sink17at the same time, hence achieving the effect of efficient heat dissipation.

Referring toFIG.4, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, the condenser13(or the body11) is provided with a fan18, which is used to perform heat dissipation of the condenser13, such that the condenser13coordinates with the fan18to condense a gas into a liquid. Thus, the liquid condenser12receives the heat source of the heat generator10and becomes a gas, and the condenser13is condensed into a liquid in the body11to perform heat dissipation, hence achieving the effect of efficient heat dissipation.

Referring toFIG.5andFIG.6, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, the body11is provided with an information transmission assembly111, which is used to transmit heat dissipation information or temperature information of the body11(the heat dissipation module1, the liquid cooler12, or the condenser); the body11(the heat dissipation module1or the condenser13) is provided with a light emitter112, which is used to display heat dissipation information or temperature information of the body11, the heat dissipation module1, or the condenser13; the body11is provided with a filler113, which is used to fill the liquid cooler12, wherein the filler113includes a switch114, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11(the heat sink17or the condenser13) is provided with a temperature detecting element115, which is used to detect a temperature of the liquid cooler12, or detect a temperature of the non-liquid space16or a temperature of the condenser13or the heat sink17, or detect a temperature of the heat generator10, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

Referring toFIG.7andFIG.8, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, a liquid displacement device2is further included. The liquid displacement device2is provided with a flow channel21and a pump22, and moves the liquid condenser12by using the coordination of the flow channel21and the pump22to the heat sink17(or the condenser13) to perform heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is provided with one or more heat sinks17, and at least one of the heat sinks17is provided with a flow channel171used to guide the liquid condenser12, such that the liquid displacement device2moves the liquid condenser12through the flow channel171to the heat sink17to perform heat dissipation, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

Referring toFIG.9toFIG.11, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, the heat sink17is connected to a gas-cooling device3to perform heat dissipation.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gas-cooling device3includes an air compressor31, flow channels32and33, and a vortex tube34. The air compressor3of the gas-cooling device3imports compressed air, such that the flow channel32on one end of the gas-cooling device3coordinates with the vortex tube34to import cold air into the heat sink17(a heat conductor, a cooler, or the body11, not shown) to perform heat dissipation, heat conduction, or cooling, and the flow channel33on the other end of the gas-cooling device3exports hot air, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gas-cooling device3may be a vortex tube, such that one end of the gas-cooling device3imports cold air and the other end exports hot air. In addition, the heat sink17is disposed at the body11, and the heat sink17is provided with a flow channel32which is used to import cold air to perform heat dissipation of the heat generator10, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual heat dissipation requirements.

Referring toFIG.12, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, during the assembly of the heat dissipation module1, the body11(or including the heat dissipation module1of the heat generator10) is picked up by a tool30, and is compared with a configuration position of the object22by a comparison device40so as to perform disposing, assembling, welding, soldering, or bonding.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11(or the heat dissipation module1) is moved by the tool30to the object20(or the heat generator10), and the body11(or the heat dissipation module1) is released or loosened by the tool30, such that the body11(or the heat dissipation module1) is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, soldered, or bonded at the body20(or the heat generator10).

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11(or the heat dissipation module1including the heat generator10) in a carrier50is picked up by the tool30and moved by the tool30to a default height distanced from an assembly position of the object20or the heat generator10, and the body11(or the heat dissipation module) is released or loosened by the tool30so as to perform assembly as being disposed, coupled, welded, soldered, or bonded at the assembly position of the object20; or the body11(or the heat dissipation module1including the heat generator10) is elastically pressed downward with the coordination of an elastic device301and sensed by the tool30, the body11is released or loosened by the tool30, and the assembly element15is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, soldered, or bonded at the assembly position of the object20to perform assembly, coupling, welding, soldering, or bonding, such that the body11is disposed, assembled, coupled, welded, soldered, or bonded at the assembly position of the object20, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the tool30is a vacuum device, a fastener, a magnetic device, or an elastic device, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11and the object20or the heat generator10are assembled or coupled by means of heat welding, soldering, coating, assembling, bonding, fastening, and fixing, sealing, or packaging with a fixed element19, or the object20may be a PCB, an iron plate, a metal body, or a plastic body, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements. In this embodiment, the body11and the object20or the heat generator10are welded or soldered and combined by using the welding portion201.

Referring toFIG.13toFIG.17, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a difference from the above embodiments is that, the liquid cooler12is added into the filler113of the body11after the body11is disposed, placed, assembled, or coupled with the object20or the heat generator10, and sealing is performed by using the switch114; or the liquid cooler12is added before the body11is disposed at the object20or the heat generator10, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is first soldered or welded at the heat generator10(or the object20) and fixed, sealed, or packaged by the fixing element19, wherein the fixing element19is a viscous element, a jelly element, a welding element, a plastic body, solder, glue, a thermoplastic element, or a heat curable element, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is first soldered, welded, assembled, or coupled at the heat generator10(or the object20) and fixed, sealed, or packaged by the fixing element19, and the liquid cooler12is added into the body11, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11is first assembled at the object20by using the assembly element15and fixed, sealed, or packaged by the fixing element19, and the liquid cooler12is added into the body11, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements.

Referring toFIG.18, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the body11has a limiting portion116(or an anti-rotation portion), which is used to limit or prevent rotation of a corresponding structure202of the object20, wherein the object20is a PCB, an iron plate, a metal body, or a plastic body, and the limiting portion116and the corresponding structure202may be welded or soldered and combined by using the welding portion201in between, or the limiting portion116and the corresponding structure202may be bonded and combined by using an adhesive in between, so as to weld, solder, or bond the body11at the object20. Alternatively, a descending, sinking, or downward force or traction is produced by heat welding or soldering performed for cooling the solder from a liquid state to a solid state, or a descending, sinking, or downward force or traction is produced by bonding, such that the heat dissipation module1or the body adheres to, leans against, or becomes close to the heat generator10or the object20, thereby enabling the present disclosure to better meet actual assembly requirements

In conclusion, the heat dissipation module and the assembly method thereof according to the embodiments of the present invention provide a stable configuration and an efficiently improved heat dissipation effect.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention are described above for illustration purposes and are not to be construed as limitations to the scope of the claims of the present invention.