Electric apparatus having heat radiating fin

• US 5,940,272 A
• Filed: 08/01/1997
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Someya, Tomoyuki, Hanei, Hiroyuki, Akiyama, Noboru, Kato, Kazuo, Emori, Akihiko, Endo, Tsunehiro, Iwamura, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DATSKOVSKIY, MICHAIL V
• Application Number:
  US08/904,862
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: 361/664, 361/683, 361/690-697, 361/700-721, 361/818, 361/736, 361/687, 361/752, 361/816, 361/704-709, 165/862, 165/80.3, 165/80.4, 165/104.14, 165/26, 165/33.34, 165/185, 174/16.3, 174/15.2, 174/DIG. 2, 174/35 R, 174/252, 174/16.1, 257/706, 257/707, 257/722, 315/276, 340/693, 307/151, 335/202
• US Class Current: 361/704
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/1616 Cavity shape
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20927 Liquid coolant without phase change

Abstract

An electric apparatus has a plurality of electric parts and a casing made of electrically conductive material for accommodating therein or mounting thereon a plurality of electric parts. The casing, which has a cavity therein, is provided with a plurality of projections for radiating heat generated by the electric parts in the cavity. The casing is provided with openings for allowing a heat conductive medium to flow into and out of the casing. Further, an electric apparatus has a plurality of electric parts and a casing made of electrically conductive material for accommodating therein or mounting thereon a plurality of electric parts. The casing is provided with openings for allowing a heat conductive medium to flow into and out of the casing. The casing is provided therein with a partition wall which is made of electrically conductive material for dividing the interior of the casing into a plurality of zones along a direction of a flow of the heat conductive medium.

Claims

1. An electric apparatus comprising a plurality of electric parts and a casing made of electrically conductive material for accommodating therein or mounting thereon the plurality of electric parts, wherein said casing having a cavity therein is provided with a plurality of projections for radiating heat generated by said electric parts, and said casing is provided therein with openings for allowing a heat conductive medium to flow into and out of the casing, wherein at least one of said plurality of electric parts which provides a relatively large quantity of heat radiation is mounted outside of said casing, and wherein at least one of said plurality of electric parts which generate electromagnetic noise or is easily susceptible to electromagnetic noise influence is mounted inside of said casing.

2. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein one or some of said plurality of electric parts are mounted to said projections provided inside of said casing.

3. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein one or some of said plurality of electric parts are mounted in a space or spaces defined by said projections provided inside of said casing.

5. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one of said plurality of electric part which provides a relatively large quantity of heat radiation is electrically connected to said at least one of said plurality of electric parts which generates electromagnetic noise or is susceptible to electromagnetic noise.

4. An electric apparatus comprising a plurality of electric parts and a casing made of electrically conductive material for accommodating therein or mounting thereon the plurality of electric parts, wherein said casing having a cavity therein is provided therein with openings for allowing a heat conductive medium to flow into and out of said casing therethrough, and said casing is provided therein with a partition wall which is made of electrically conductive material for dividing an interior of said casing into a plurality of zones along a direction of a flow of said heat conductive medium, wherein at least one of said plurality of electric parts which provides a relatively large quantity of heat radiation is mounted outside of said casing, and wherein at least one of said plurality of electric parts which generate electromagnetic noise or is easily susceptible to electromagnetic noise influence is mounted in a desired one of said plurality of zones of the interior of said casing.

6. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said at least one of said plurality of electric part which provides a relatively large quantity of heat radiation is electrically connected to said at least one of said plurality of electric parts which generates electromagnetic noise or is susceptible to electromagnetic noise.

7. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said partition wall is disposed between a side of said casing where said at least one of said plurality of electric parts which provides a relatively large quantity of heat radiation is mounted thereon and a side of said casing where said at least one of said plurality of electric parts which generates electromagnetic noise or is susceptible to electromagnetic noise is mounted.

8. An electric apparatus comprising a plurality of electric parts and a casing made of electrically conductive material for accommodating therein said plurality of electric parts, said casing delimiting a cavity therein, said casing having at least one of (a) a plurality of projections integral with said casing and projecting from a wall of said casing into said cavity for radiating heat generated by said electric parts and (b) a partition wall integral from said casing and extending at least one wall of said casing so as to divide said cavity of said casing into a plurality of zones, said casing being provided with openings for allowing a heat conductive medium to flow into and out of said casing, said plurality of zones being arranged along a direction flow of said heat conductive medium.

9. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein one of said plurality of electric parts which generates electric noise or is easily susceptible to electromagnetic noise influence is mounted inside of said casing.

10. An electric apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein one of said plurality of electric parts which provides a relatively large quantity of heat radiation is mounted outside of said casing.