Patent ID: 8291967

Claim:
A cooler, comprising: a case including a partition wall that divides an inner space of the case into a first space and a second space; and a heat sink including a first fin group including a plurality of first fins arranged such that main surfaces of said plurality of first fins are in parallel to one another; and a second fin group including a plurality of second fins arranged such that main surfaces of said plurality of second fins are in parallel to one another, said second fin group being arranged such that the main surface of said second fin is in parallel to the main surface of said first fin, said first fins and said second fins being formed to serve as partition walls of flow paths of a coolant, said first fins and said second fins being formed such that said coolant flows along a surface thereof, a merge space being formed to allow said coolant in said flow paths separated by said first fins to merge, said merge space being formed in said flow paths formed by said first fins and said second fins by arranging said first fin group and said second fin group at a distance from each other, and locations of said second fins in said second fin group are not in line with locations of said first fins in said first fin group, whereby said second fins in said second fin group being formed to be displaced from locations of said first fins in said first fin group in a direction perpendicular to the flow paths of said coolant between the partition walls; the first fins in said first fin group and the second fins in said second fin group are arrange in the first space, and the second space includes a sub header portion formed between the partition wall and an outer wall of the case; the partition wall includes a plurality of openings that supply the coolant from the sub header portion to the merge space; a coolant supply pipe for supplying said coolant, and a main header portion communicating with said coolant supply pipe for supplying said coolant to a plurality of said flow paths is formed inside said case, and the sub header portion communicating with said main header portion for supplying the coolant to said merge space is formed inside said case; the main header portion supplies the coolant directly to both said first space and said second space.