Method and apparatus for cooling a lightbulb
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising a device that includes:
- a radiation generator that, when energized, produces electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from said device;
a thermal spreader that is larger than said radiation generator and that is disposed near said radiation generator for receiving heat emitted by said radiation generator;
heat conducting structure for carrying heat from said thermal spreader to an end opposite said thermal spreader and said radiation generator, said heat conducting structure having an elongate portion adjacent said end, said heat conducting structure including a heat pipe that has, at all points along the length thereof, a cross-sectional shape with first and second transverse dimensions in respective directions that are orthogonal, said first transverse dimension being substantially greater than said second transverse dimension at all points along the length of said heat pipe; and
heat dissipating structure spaced apart from said thermal spreader for accepting heat from said heat conducting structure at said end and for discharging heat externally of said device, said heat dissipating structure extending substantially radial to a central axis of said apparatus;
wherein said heat dissipating structure includes a first plurality of fins having a first cross-sectional width and a second plurality of fins having a second cross-sectional width, said first cross-sectional width being larger than said second cross-sectional width, wherein said first plurality of fins has at least one hole sized to receive said end of said heat pipe.
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Abstract
A device has a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), heat conducting structure that includes a heat pipe and that carries heat from the region of the LEDs to a further location spaced therefrom, and heat dissipating structure that accepts heat from the heat conducting structure at the further location and that discharges the heat externally of the device. In a different embodiment, a device has a radiation generator, a thermal spreader that receives heat emitted by the radiation generator, heat conducting structure that carries heat from the thermal spreader to a location spaced therefrom, and heat dissipating structure that accepts heat at the location from the heat conducting structure and that discharges the heat externally of the device.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising a device that includes:
- a radiation generator that, when energized, produces electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from said device;
a thermal spreader that is larger than said radiation generator and that is disposed near said radiation generator for receiving heat emitted by said radiation generator;
heat conducting structure for carrying heat from said thermal spreader to an end opposite said thermal spreader and said radiation generator, said heat conducting structure having an elongate portion adjacent said end, said heat conducting structure including a heat pipe that has, at all points along the length thereof, a cross-sectional shape with first and second transverse dimensions in respective directions that are orthogonal, said first transverse dimension being substantially greater than said second transverse dimension at all points along the length of said heat pipe; and
heat dissipating structure spaced apart from said thermal spreader for accepting heat from said heat conducting structure at said end and for discharging heat externally of said device, said heat dissipating structure extending substantially radial to a central axis of said apparatus;
wherein said heat dissipating structure includes a first plurality of fins having a first cross-sectional width and a second plurality of fins having a second cross-sectional width, said first cross-sectional width being larger than said second cross-sectional width, wherein said first plurality of fins has at least one hole sized to receive said end of said heat pipe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a radiation generator that, when energized, produces electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from said device;
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17. A lighting device comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting diodes that each, when energized, produce electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from said device;
a spreader plate thermally coupled to said plurality of light emitting diodes, said spreader plate transferring heat in a plane substantially perpendicular to a central axis of said lighting device;
at least one heat pipe having a first end thermally coupled to said spreader plate and arranged to transfer heat in a direction substantially perpendicular to said plane to a second end; and
, a heat sink, said heat sink being thermally coupled to said at least one heat pipe, said heat sink having a first plurality of fins and a second plurality of fins extending radially from said central axis wherein said lighting device is sized and shaped to conform with an Edison type lightbulb, wherein said spreader plate includes a groove sized to receive a first portion of said at least one heat pipe; and
said at least one heat pipe furthering includes a first curved portion adjacent said first portion and a second portion adjacent said first curved portion, said second portion extending substantially perpendicular to said spreader plate, said first plurality of fins has a larger width than said second plurality of fins and said first plurality of fins includes at least one hole sized to receive said second portion of said heat pipe. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- a plurality of light emitting diodes that each, when energized, produce electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from said device;
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