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Cooler module and its fastening structure

US7397667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2007
Grant dateJul 8, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2224/73253
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cooler module mounted on a CPU on a circuit board inside a computer is disclosed to include a mounting base frame, which is made of a thermal conductive material and has a heat-transfer zone disposed in contact with the CPU and two arms respectively extended from two sides of the heat-transfer zone and affixed to the circuit board and two eyelet lugs vertically extended from two sides of the distal end of one of the two arms, a heat pipe, which has one end supported on the heat-transfer zone of the mounting base frame, an elongated retaining member, which has two lugs disposed at one end thereof and respectively fastened to the eyelet lugs of the mounting base frame, and a buffer member fastened to the heat-transfer zone to hold down heat pipe on the heat-transfer zone.

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