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Heat sink module and an arrangment of heat sink modules

US6708757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 2002
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/13
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plate-like heat sink module with polygonal ground plan or shape has an upper side for securing a heat generating component and an underside comprises cooling ribs. The outside edges of the module have surface structure complementary with one another and with whose assistance a plurality of the identical heat sink modules can be joined in one plane, whereby the surface structures are fashioned so that a heat sink module can be joined to another heat sink module in only one orientation to form an arrangement of the heat sink modules. As a result of the arrangement of heat sink modules, a heat sink for the interconnection of a plurality of capacitors to form a capacitor bank can be produced in an especially flexible way.

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