Patent ID: 7907408

Claim:
A cooling apparatus comprising: a block shaped evaporator in which an evaporator flow path through which a circulating liquid flows is formed in the inside of the evaporator, a heating element is arranged on the outside of the evaporator, and the circulating liquid is heated by heat emitted from said heating element; a heat radiator including a heat radiator flow path through which the circulating liquid flows, and that emits heat of the circulating liquid; and a heat exchanger which includes an inlet header including a heat exchanger low temperature liquid inlet to which the circulating liquid is fed from said heat radiator, an outlet header including an intermediate temperature liquid outlet from which the circulating liquid is delivered to said evaporator, and a containing unit including heat exchanger flow paths for linking said inlet header and said outlet header, the circulating liquid heated by said evaporator, and vapor of the circulating liquid, wherein said heat exchanger is joined to said evaporator disposed on the lower side of said heat exchanger in a face to face manner; said containing unit includes an opening portion in a joint portion with said evaporator; said outlet header includes said intermediate temperature liquid outlet at the joint portion with said evaporator; and said evaporator includes a circulating liquid holding unit, which holds the circulating liquid, depressed from a joint face of the evaporator with said heat exchanger in opposition to said opening portion of containing unit within the joint portion; includes a two-phase fluid outlet from which the circulating liquid and the vapor of the circulating liquid are delivered to said containing unit in an undersurface of said circulating liquid holding unit and an evaporator high temperature liquid inlet to which the circulating liquid is fed from said containing unit; includes an intermediate temperature liquid inlet to which the circulating liquid is fed from said outlet header at the joint portion with said heat exchanger in opposition to said intermediate temperature liquid outlet; includes an evaporator high temperature liquid outlet from which the circulating liquid is delivered to said heat radiator; and includes a high temperature liquid flow path which communicates said evaporator high temperature liquid inlet and said evaporator high temperature liquid outlet in the inside of the evaporator.