Heat dissipation apparatus

• US 7,802,617 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hwang, Ching-Bai, Meng, Jin-Gong, Lin, Ran
• Primary Examiner(s): Flanigan; Allen J
• Application Number:
  US11/309,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20080011461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 165/80.3, 165/104.33, 165/122, 361/697, 415/204, 415/208.1, 415/211.1
• US Class Current: 165/122
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/422 Discharge tongues F04D17/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means

Abstract

A heat dissipation apparatus (10) includes a centrifugal blower (12) and a fin assembly (11) having a plurality of fins (111) disposed at an air outlet (129) of the centrifugal blower. The centrifugal blower includes a first tongue (130) distant from the fin assembly, and a second tongue (131) located between the first tongue and the air outlet of the blower. The second tongue has an end (132) substantially parallel to the fins of the fin assembly to guide an airflow smoothly flowing through the fins.

Claims

1. A heat dissipation apparatus comprising:

a centrifugal blower comprising a housing and a rotor comprising a plurality of blades; and

a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins which are disposed at an air outlet of the centrifugal blower housing, the fins being stacked along a first direction to form the fin assembly, each of the fins extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

wherein the centrifugal blower housing comprises a first tongue distant from the fin assembly, and a second tongue located between the first tongue and the air outlet of the blower housing, the second tongue having a bulge disposed between said rotor and said fins and oriented to divide air from said blades into two flow streams that flow either towards said fins or towards said first tongue;

an inner end extending from said bulge towards said first tongue, and a tapered outer end extending from said bulge towards said fins and oriented substantially parallel to said second direction such that said inner and outer ends of said second tongue form an angle therebetween.

2. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to a rotation axis of a rotor of the blower.

3. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the outer end of the second tongue is distant from the first tongue.

4. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the second tongue has a bulge formed between the inner end and the outer end and located adjacent to the air outlet, the bulge being closer to free ends of blades of the centrifugal blower than any other portion of the second tongue.

5. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein a distance between a surface of the second tongue near blades of the centrifugal blower and free ends of the blades gradually increases from the air outlet towards the first tongue.

6. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the first tongue has a surface adjacent to blades of the centrifugal blower, and a distance between the adjacent surface and free ends of the blades gradually increases along a rotation direction of the blades of the blower.

7. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the blower comprises a base plate and a sidewall surrounding the base plate, and the first tongue extends from the sidewall towards an inner side of the blower, whilst the second tongue is disposed on the base plate.

8. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 7, wherein the second tongue spaces a distance from the sidewall to form a sub-channel therebetween, and the inner end of the second tongue spaces a distance from the first tongue to form an entrance, allowing an airflow to enter into the sub-channel.

9. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 8, wherein a width of the sub-channel gradually increases from an end apart from the air outlet towards an opposite end adjacent to the air outlet.

10. A heat dissipation apparatus comprising:

a blower comprising a housing and a rotor comprising a plurality of blades; and

a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins which are disposed at an air outlet of the blower housing;

wherein the blower housing comprises at least two tongues, at least one of the at least two tongues is disposed adjacent to the fin assembly, the at least one tongue dividing the housing into a main chamber containing the rotor, and a sub channel;

the at least one tongue having a bulge disposed between said rotor and said fins and oriented to divide air from said blades into two flow streams that flow either towards said fins or away from said fins towards an entrance of said sub channel, an inner end extending from said bulge away from said fins towards said entrance of said sub channel, and a tapered outer end extending from said bulge towards said fins and oriented substantially parallel to an extension direction of adjacent fins such that said inner and outer ends of said at least one tongue form an angle therebetween;

wherein an airflow generated by the blower flows from the main chamber and from the sub channel through the fin assembly.

11. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 10, wherein the at least two tongues comprise a first tongue distant from the fin assembly, and a second tongue comprising the outer end substantially parallel to the extending direction of the adjacent fins of the fin assembly and located between the first tongue and the air outlet of the blower and between two sides of the fin assembly.

12. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 11, wherein the two chambers have a main chamber and a sub-channel with a size smaller than the main chamber.

13. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 12, wherein a width of the sub-channel gradually increases from an end apart from the air outlet towards an opposite end adjacent to the air outlet.

14. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 12, wherein an entrance for the airflow entering the sub-channel is defined between the first tongue and the second tongue.

15. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 14, wherein the first tongue forms an arcuate surface facing the entrance for guiding the airflow to smoothly enter the sub-channel.

16. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 11, wherein the second tongue has a bulge formed between the inner end and the outer end and located adjacent to the air outlet, and the bulge is closer to free ends of blades of the blower than any other portion of the second tongue.

17. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 16, wherein a distance between a surface of the second tongue near the free ends of the blades and the free ends of the blades gradually increases from the bulge towards the first tongue.

18. The heat dissipation apparatus as described in claim 11, wherein the first tongue has a surface adjacent to blades of the blower, and a distance between the adjacent surface and free ends of the blades gradually increases along a rotation direction of the blades of the blower.

19. A heat dissipation apparatus comprising:

a blower comprising a housing and a rotor comprising a plurality of blades; and

a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins which are disposed at an air outlet of the blower housing;

said housing having therein a tongue, the tongue having a bulge disposed between said rotor and said fins and oriented to divide air from said blades into two flow streams that flow either towards said fins or away from said fins, an inner end extending from said bulge away from said fins towards an interior of said housing, and a tapered outer end extending from said bulge towards said fins and oriented substantially parallel to an extension direction of each of said fins such that said inner and outer ends of said tongue form an angle therebetween;

wherein air leaving said rotor blades and impinging said bulge is either guided by said tapered outer end directly towards a first portion fins, or is guided to flow around said inner end of said tongue and potentially towards a second portion of said fins said fins.

20. The heat dissipation device as described in claim 19, wherein the blower further comprises an additional tongue, the tongue is located between the fin assembly and the additional tongue, and the additional tongue has an arcuate surface for guiding the another part of the airflow to flow smoothly through the fin assembly from the another portion of the fin assembly between the tongue and the second side of the fin assembly.