Patent ID: 7458415

Claim:
A cooling apparatus comprising: a fan having axial-flow blades and centrifugal blades; a case containing said fan rotatably, and having an inlet port for permitting air to enter in an axial direction of rotation from outside by a rotary action of said axial-flow blades under rotation of said fan, a first outlet port, which is disposed opposite to said inlet port, for permitting air entered through said inlet port to exit to said outside in said axial direction, and a second outlet port for permitting air entered through said inlet port to exit to said outside in a centrifugal direction under a rotary action of said centrifugal blades; a driving part for driving said fan to rotate; and a radiator structure provided at at least one of said first outlet port or said second outlet port, and further wherein a heat pipe is in contact with at least a portion of the radiator structure and wherein the radiator structure is comprised of at least a plurality of fins each having a particular surface area, the surface area of the individual fins varying across different portions of the heat pipe structure.