Water cooling structure of light-emitting water-cooled tube
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202522077421.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-26
- Publication Date
- 2026-10-30
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-09-26
AI Technical Summary
例如，使用带有颜色的或紫外光（UV）反应性的冷却液，但这种方案可能导致管道染色或冷却液变质堵塞；或在水冷管接头处集成发光元件，但这只能照亮管道的两端，无法实现整体均匀发光；或将LED灯条缠绕在水冷管外部，这种方式安装繁琐，灯带容易脱落，且难以实现平滑、高级的发光质感，常伴有明显的LED灯珠亮点
本实用新型的一种发光式水冷管的水冷结构，通过在磨砂或透明的柔性套管内集成发光部，将点状的光源转化为均匀、连续、无明显亮点的线性光带，极大地提升了机箱内部的视觉美感；另外，将承载冷却液的水冷管与容纳发光部的通孔进行物理上的完全隔离，发光电路与冷却液绝无接触可能，从根本上杜绝了因发光组件导致的漏液风险，保证了整个水冷系统的安全性。
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of water cooling technology, specifically to a water cooling structure for a light-emitting water cooling pipe. Background Technology
[0002] With the rapid development of personal computer (PC) performance, liquid cooling technology, represented by water cooling, has become the first choice for high-end gamers and overclocking enthusiasts due to its superior heat dissipation efficiency. At the same time, the personalization and aesthetics of PC hardware have also become increasingly popular, with components featuring RGB lighting effects being highly sought after in the market.
[0003] To cater to this trend, several solutions have emerged in existing technologies to add luminous effects to water-cooled pipes. For example, using colored or UV-reactive coolants can lead to pipe staining or coolant deterioration and blockage. Alternatively, integrating luminous elements at the pipe joints can only illuminate both ends of the pipe, failing to achieve uniform overall illumination. Another approach involves wrapping LED strips around the outside of the water-cooled pipes; this method is cumbersome to install, prone to detachment, and struggles to achieve a smooth, high-quality luminous finish, often resulting in noticeable bright spots on the LED beads. Placing the luminous elements directly inside the water-cooled pipes poses a very high risk of leakage and may interfere with the normal flow of coolant.
[0004] Therefore, how to safely and reliably provide a uniform and aesthetically pleasing overall luminous effect for flexible water-cooling tubes without affecting their heat dissipation performance is a technical problem that urgently needs to be solved in the current PC water-cooling field. Summary of the Invention
[0005] In order to overcome the shortcomings and deficiencies of the existing technology, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a water-cooling structure for a light-emitting water-cooling pipe that is structurally integrated, emits light uniformly, is safe and reliable, and does not affect the heat dissipation performance.
[0006] This utility model is achieved through the following technical solution: A water-cooling structure with a light-emitting water-cooled tube includes a radiator, a water-cooling head, and a water-cooled tube connecting the radiator and the water-cooling head. The water-cooled tube is covered with a sleeve, which is a flexible structure that is frosted or transparent. Along the axial direction of the sleeve, a through hole is also provided inside the sleeve, and a light-emitting part is provided inside the through hole.
[0007] The through hole is arranged parallel or nearly parallel to the water cooling pipe.
[0008] The light-emitting part is a light strip or multiple LED beads arranged side by side.
[0009] The spacing between the LED beads is 5-15mm, and the LED beads are covered with a light-diffusing film.
[0010] The inner wall of the through hole is coated with a reflective layer or a diffuse reflection layer.
[0011] The end of the sleeve is provided with a sealing structure.
[0012] The inner wall of the sleeve and the outer wall of the water-cooling pipe are provided with a gap of 0.5-2mm to form an air insulation layer.
[0013] The cross-section of the through hole is circular, elliptical, or trapezoidal. The diameter of the circular or elliptical hole is 2-10 mm; the length of the short side of the trapezoid is 2-7 mm, and the height is 2-10 mm.
[0014] The beneficial effects of this utility model are: This utility model discloses a water-cooling structure with a light-emitting water-cooling pipe. By integrating the light-emitting part inside a frosted or transparent flexible sleeve, it transforms the point light source into a uniform, continuous, linear light band without obvious bright spots, greatly enhancing the visual aesthetics of the chassis interior. In addition, the water-cooling pipe carrying the coolant is physically and completely isolated from the through hole housing the light-emitting part, ensuring that the light-emitting circuit and the coolant have no possibility of contact, fundamentally eliminating the risk of leakage caused by the light-emitting component and ensuring the safety of the entire water-cooling system. Attached Figure Description
[0015] The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments in the drawings do not constitute any limitation on the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the following drawings without creative effort.
[0016] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a water-cooling structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0017] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A magnified view of region A in the middle.
[0018] Figure Labels Radiator--101, Water block--102, Water cooling tube--103, Sleeve--104, Through hole--105. Detailed Implementation
[0019] To make the above-mentioned objects, features, and advantages of this utility model more apparent and understandable, the specific embodiments of this utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Many specific details are set forth in the following description to provide a full understanding of this utility model. However, this utility model can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar modifications without departing from the spirit of this utility model. Therefore, this utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
[0020] In the description of this utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing this utility model and simplifying the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.
[0021] Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of that feature. In the description of this utility model, "a plurality of" means at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise explicitly specified. like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, this embodiment provides a water-cooling structure with a light-emitting water-cooling pipe 103. Its basic part is a standard water-cooling circuit, including a radiator 101 for heat dissipation, a water-cooling head 102 for absorbing heat from core hardware, and a water-cooling pipe 103 for transporting coolant. The core innovation of this embodiment lies in the aesthetics and functional integration of the water-cooling pipe 103.
[0022] refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 A flexible sleeve 104 is fitted over the outer layer of the water-cooling pipe 103. The sleeve 104 is made of a material with good light transmittance and flexibility, such as silicone or soft PVC, and its surface can be treated to have a frosted texture or maintain high transparency to achieve different light softening effects.
[0023] The sleeve 104 is not a simple solid structure; it has an integrally formed through-hole 105 along its axial direction. This through-hole 105 is parallel or nearly parallel to the space at the center through which the water-cooling pipe 103 passes. The interior of the through-hole 105 is used to accommodate a light-emitting element (not shown in the figure), such as a complete flexible LED strip or a string of LED beads arranged at intervals. The cross-section of the through-hole 105 can be designed as circular, elliptical, or trapezoidal, depending on the light-emitting requirements. The diameter of the circular or elliptical shape is 2-5 mm, and the shorter side of the trapezoid is 2-3 mm, with a height of 2-3 mm, sufficient to accommodate common micro-LED components.
[0024] To achieve the best visual effect, this embodiment employs multiple methods to optimize the light. First, if the light-emitting part uses discrete LED beads, their spacing is preferably set to 5-15mm, and a light-diffusing film is applied to the outside of the LED beads. This light-diffusing film can initially scatter and soften the point light source emitted by the LED beads. Second, the inner wall of the through-hole 105 can be coated with a high-reflectivity reflective layer or diffuse reflection layer. This coating can re-reflect and scatter light incident inwards or in other directions, making it more concentrated and allowing it to pass through the outside of the sleeve 104. This not only improves the light energy utilization rate and makes the overall brightness higher, but also helps to further eliminate light spots and make the light transition more natural. Finally, the light, after multiple homogenizations, passes through the frosted outer wall of the sleeve 104, presenting a uniform, continuous, and grain-free neon light strip effect.
[0025] In terms of structural reliability, both ends of the sleeve 104 are equipped with sealing structures, such as integrated sealing plugs or caps. This structure can seal the open end of the through hole 105, protecting the internal light-emitting part from dust and moisture, and ensuring the long-term stable operation of the electrical components.
[0026] Another key design feature of the water-cooling structure in this embodiment is thermal management. The inner diameter of the sleeve 104 is designed to be slightly larger than the outer diameter of the water-cooling pipe 103, so that after assembly, a 0.5-2mm wide annular gap is naturally formed between them. The air within this gap forms a highly efficient air insulation layer. Its function is two-way: on the one hand, it prevents the heat generated by the light-emitting part during operation from being conducted to the water-cooling pipe 103, avoiding additional heating of the coolant and ensuring that the heat dissipation efficiency of the water-cooling system is not affected; on the other hand, it also isolates the heat that the water-cooling pipe 103 may bring from the CPU / GPU, preventing the high-temperature environment from affecting the lifespan and luminous efficiency of the LED chip in the light-emitting part.
[0027] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this utility model, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of this utility model. Although this utility model has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications or equivalent substitutions can be made to the technical solutions of this utility model without departing from the essence and scope of the technical solutions of this utility model.
Claims
1. A water-cooling structure for a light-emitting water-cooled tube, comprising a radiator, a water-cooling head, and a water-cooling tube connecting the radiator and the water-cooling head, characterized in that, The water-cooling pipe is fitted with a sleeve, which is a flexible structure that is frosted or transparent. Along the axial direction of the sleeve, a through hole is also provided inside the sleeve, and a light-emitting part is provided inside the through hole; The inner wall of the through hole is coated with a reflective layer or a diffuse reflection layer; A gap of 0.5-2 mm is provided between the inner wall of the sleeve and the outer wall of the water-cooling pipe to form an air insulation layer.
2. The water-cooling structure of the light-emitting water-cooled pipe according to claim 1, characterized in that, The through hole is arranged parallel to the water cooling pipe.
3. The water-cooling structure of the light-emitting water-cooled pipe according to claim 1, characterized in that, The light-emitting part is a light strip or multiple LED beads arranged side by side.
4. The water-cooling structure of the light-emitting water-cooled pipe according to claim 3, characterized in that, The spacing between the LED beads is 5-15mm, and the LED beads are covered with a light-diffusing film.
5. The water-cooling structure of the light-emitting water-cooled pipe according to claim 1, characterized in that, The end of the sleeve is provided with a sealing structure.
6. The water-cooling structure of the light-emitting water-cooled pipe according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cross-section of the through hole is circular, elliptical, or trapezoidal. The diameter of the circular or elliptical hole is 2-5 mm; the length of the short side of the trapezoid is 2-3 mm, and the height is 2-3 mm.