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Interleaved heat sink and fan assembly

  • US 9,409,264 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2013
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An assembly for cooling electronic components comprising:

  • a heat sink having a casing with a plurality of parallel heat conducting fins, wherein each of the parallel heat conducting fins is mounted to a flat baseplate and includes a respective curved side that is oriented perpendicular to the flat baseplate;

    a plurality of fans, wherein each fan includes a plurality of fan blades curved in a forward direction in relation to a direction of rotation of a drive shaft, the fan blades having a front side and a back side oriented perpendicular to the direction of rotation of the drive shaft and a top side and a bottom side oriented parallel to the direction of rotation of the drive shaft and the fans are interleaved with the heat conducting fins; and

    the drive shaft passing through the heat conducting fins and the fans, wherein the drive shaft rotates the fans in said rotation direction in relation to the heat sink;

    wherein each of the heat conducting fins includes one or more slots, each of the one or more slots extending from a periphery of the respective curved side toward a center of the heat conducting fin.

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