Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat sink for power module
- Patent Title (中): 电源模块散热片
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Application No.: US11922945Application Date: 2006-06-27
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Publication No.: US08411438B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Hidehito Kubo , Masahiko Kimbara , Keiji Toh , Kota Otoshi , Eiji Kono , Katsufumi Tanaka , Nobuhiro Wakabayashi , Shintaro Nakagawa , Yuichi Furukawa , Shinobu Yamauchi
- Applicant: Hidehito Kubo , Masahiko Kimbara , Keiji Toh , Kota Otoshi , Eiji Kono , Katsufumi Tanaka , Nobuhiro Wakabayashi , Shintaro Nakagawa , Yuichi Furukawa , Shinobu Yamauchi
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki,Showa Denko K.K.
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki,Showa Denko K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken JP Tokyo
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Priority: JP2005-186077 20050627
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/312787 WO 20060627
- International Announcement: WO2007/000991 WO 20070104
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20

Abstract:
A heat sink (1) for power module is capable of mounting a power device (101) on at least a surface of the heat sink. The heat sink includes a refrigerant passage (1d) in which cooling medium that dissipates heat generated by the power device (101) flows and a corrugated fin body (1a) arranged in the refrigerant passage (1d). The corrugated fin body (1a) has crests (21b) and troughs (21c) that extend in the flow direction of the cooling medium, and side walls (21a) each of which connects the corresponding one of the crests (21b) with the adjacent one of the troughs (21c). Each adjacent pair of the side walls (21a) and the corresponding one of the crests (21b) or the corresponding one of the troughs (21c) arranged between the adjacent side walls (21a) form a fin (21). Each of the side walls (21a) has a louver (31) that operates to, at least, rotate the cooling medium flowing in the associated fin (21). The heat sink (1) thus has a further improved heat dissipating performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090302458A1 Heat Sink For Power Module Public/Granted day:2009-12-10
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