Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Set-top box having dissipating thermal loads
- Patent Title (中): 机顶盒具有耗散的热负荷
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Application No.: US13698868Application Date: 2011-05-12
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Publication No.: US09220185B2Publication Date: 2015-12-22
- Inventor: Darin Bradley Ritter , Mickey Jay Hunt , Mark William Gysin , Rodger Anthony Diemer
- Applicant: Darin Bradley Ritter , Mickey Jay Hunt , Mark William Gysin , Rodger Anthony Diemer
- Applicant Address: FR Issy-les Moulineaux
- Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
- Current Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
- Current Assignee Address: FR Issy-les Moulineaux
- Agent Robert D. Shedd; Richard LaPeruta
- International Application: PCT/US2011/036171 WO 20110512
- International Announcement: WO2011/146302 WO 20111124
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; H01L23/36 ; H01L23/367 ; G06F1/20

Abstract:
A set-top box is provided that comprises a housing having a first vertical outer wall with a first vent and a second vertical outer wall with a second vent; a circuit board having a first heat source element and a second heat source element; a contoured heatsink in thermal engagement with the first heat source element, wherein the contoured heatsink overlies at least one-third of the circuit board and extends along the first vertical side wall; and a second heatsink contacting the second heat source element, wherein the second heatsink is located in only one half of the device and is aligned with the second vent. The multiple heatsinks and associated vents work in concert to improve heat dissipation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130063895A1 SET-TOP BOX HAVING DISSIPATING THERMAL LOADS Public/Granted day:2013-03-14
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