Heat sink for rotating electronic circuitry
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1. In a heat dissipating structure the combination comprising:
- a plate member adapted to be mounted for rotation about an axis that is substantially normal to the plate member;
cooling fins on said plate member with the large surface areas thereof extending axially along and arcuately about said axis; and
said plate member having at least one opening that is circumferentially aligned with said cooling fins.
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Abstract
A heat dissipating and mounting structure for an electrical circuit includes a disc which is mounted to a rotatable shaft. The disc extends outward from the shaft to present a front surface upon which the circuit is mounted and a rear surface upon which cooling fins are formed. A pair of openings are formed in the disc and cooling air flows through them when the shaft rotates. The cooling fins are rotated through the air flowing through the disc openings and heat generated by the electrical circuit is carried away with little temperature rise and minimal disturbance of the air flow.
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1. In a heat dissipating structure the combination comprising:
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a plate member adapted to be mounted for rotation about an axis that is substantially normal to the plate member; cooling fins on said plate member with the large surface areas thereof extending axially along and arcuately about said axis; and said plate member having at least one opening that is circumferentially aligned with said cooling fins. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. In a heat dissipating structure for a machine having a shaft which rotates about an axis and heat generating electrical components, the combination comprising:
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a disc mounted to said shaft and extending radially outward therefrom in a plane substantially perpendicular to said axis, the disc having a pair of oppositely facing surfaces, and at least one opening formed therethrough; means for mounting said electrical components on one of the surfaces of the disc; and a set of arcuate cooling fins circumferentially aligned with said opening and mounted on the other surface of the disc, said cooling fins having the large surface areas thereof extending axially along and arcuately about said axis, and said cooling fins each extending substantially perpendicular from said other disc surface and each being concentrically aligned with respect to one another about said axis. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a heat dissipating structure for a machine having a shaft which rotates about an axis and means for establishing a flow of cooling air along the shaft, a mounting structure for a rotating electrical circuit comprising:
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a disc mounted to said shaft and extending radially outward therefrom to form an upwind surface against which the cooling air impinges and a substantially oppositely facing downwind surface, said disc having openings formed therethrough which are disposed on opposite sides of said shaft axis and which each communicate with both of said surfaces; means disposed on said upwind surface for mounting said electrical circuit; and arcuate cooling fins disposed on the downwind disc surface and arranged in sets which are positioned on opposite sides of said shaft axis, said cooling fins having the large surface areas thereof extending axially along and arcuately about said axis, and the cooling fins within each set being arranged concentrically with respect to each other about said shaft axis, and the radial extent of said cooling fins being substantially coextensive with the radial extent of said openings.
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