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Heat exchanger for cooling semi-conductor elements or the like

US5682948A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1996
Grant dateNov 4, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Heat exchanger for cooling semi-conductor elements or such equipment, in particular high capacity cooling unit of extruded aluminum or another light weight metal, featuring cooling fins that are connected to a base plate, are spaced apart from each other and are each in the form of a hollow section with two parallel fin walls connected by transverse struts, where the cooling fin is secured in a groove or like recess in the base plate. A free groove is provided beside each occupied groove in the base plate 14 of the heat exchanger and accommodates a counter-lying cooling fin of a second heat exchanger into the base plate of which the cooling fins of the first heat exchanger engage.

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