ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20160021786A1
• Filed: 04/16/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hata, Yukihiko
• Application Number:
  US14/688,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20160021786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a heat-producing element, a first heat absorber, a second heat absorber and a heat transfer member. The heat-producing element produces heat in the housing. The first heat absorber is provided on an inner surface of the housing to face the heat-producing element. The first heat absorber absorbs heat from the heat-producing element in the housing. The second heat absorber is provided on the inner surface of the housing at a position separate from the first heat absorber. The heat transfer member transfers heat from the heat-producing element absorbed by the first heat absorber to the second heat absorber.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a heat-producing element in the housing;

a first heat absorber configured to absorb heat from the heat-producing element, the first heat absorber located on an inner surface of the housing facing the heat-producing element;

a second heat absorber configured to absorb heat in the housing, the second heat absorber located on the inner surface of the housing at a separate position from the first heat absorber; and

a heat transfer member configured to transfer heat absorbed by the first heat absorber to the second heat absorber.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first heat absorber and the second heat absorber encloses a package comprising a phase-change material configured to absorb heat by changing phase from a solid to a liquid, the phase-change material has thermal conductivity.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the package is thermally connected to the housing.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the heat transfer member is a heat pipe,

a heat-receiving end portion of the heat pipe is thermally joined to the first heat absorber, and

a heat-emitting end portion of the heat pipe is thermally joined to the second heat absorber.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first heat absorber and the second heat absorber are thermally connected to the housing.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first heat absorber and the second heat absorber each has a shape larger than the heat-producing element.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

multiple circuit components in the housing, the circuit components configured to operate not simultaneously, and thereby limit heat produced during operation;

multiple heat absorbers on an inner surface of the housing, each of the heat absorbers corresponding to each of the circuit components, and the heat absorbers configured to absorb heat from the circuit components; and

a heat transfer member configured to transfer heat between the heat absorbers.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the heat absorbers each encloses a package comprising a phase-change material configured to absorb heat by changing phase from a solid to a liquid, the phase-change material has thermal conductivity, and the package is thermally connected to the housing.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the heat transfer member is a heat pipe,

one end portion of the heat pipe is thermally joined to one of the heat absorbers, and

the other end portion of the heat pipe is thermally joined to one of the other heat absorbers.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a heat-producing element configured to produce heat in the housing; and

multiple heat absorbers in the housing, one of the heat absorbers located at an area corresponding to the heat-producing element and the other heat absorbers located at areas, separate from the heat-producing element;

wherein the heat absorbers comprise;

depressions on the inner surface of the housing;

phase-change materials filled in the depressions, the phase-change materials configured to absorb heat by changing phase from a solid to a liquid; and

thermally conductive sheets configured to seal the depressions, and

the heat absorbers are thermally connected through a heat transfer member.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein the housing is made of metal.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the heat transfer member is a heat pipe,

a heat-receiving end portion of the heat pipe is thermally connected to the heat absorber corresponding to the heat-producing element, and

a heat-emitting end portion of the heat pipe is thermally connected to the heat absorber separate from the heat-producing element.