Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for inspecting heat sink and method for manufacturing heat sink
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Application No.: US15669184Application Date: 2017-08-04
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Publication No.: US10281516B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Eisaku Kakiuchi , Mitsuhiro Miura
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2016-163505 20160824
- Main IPC: B05D1/02
- IPC: B05D1/02 ; B05D7/14 ; G01R31/12 ; B22D17/22 ; B23P15/26 ; G01N27/20

Abstract:
Provided is a method for inspecting a heat sink that enables an accurate inspection of an insulating film formed on a surface of heat sink fins. The method including a metallic housing that includes a plurality of cooling fins arranged side by side on an outer surface thereof, and an insulating film formed on a surface of the cooling fins and between the cooling fins. The method includes disposing, in an electrolyte solution, an inspection electrode including a plurality of electrode fins insertable between the cooling fins to face the housing with a predetermined distance therebetween in such a way that the cooling fins and the electrode fins are alternately arranged; and applying a voltage between the housing and the inspection electrode, which are arranged to face each other, and inspecting a formation state of the insulating film based on a measured value of a current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180059165A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING HEAT SINK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT SINK Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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