Flexible Air Guide Structure for Adaptive Heat Dissipation Airflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air guide modules do not effectively enhance air guide performance for heat dissipation in electronic devices, limiting their efficiency in managing airflow and heat dissipation.
Innovation Solution
An air guide module with flexible air guide structures, including a casing and flexible covers, allows for deflection and adaptation to airflow, forming a heat dissipation channel that enhances airflow volume and guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If rigid air guide structures are used, then structural stability is maintained, but air guide performance and airflow volume are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the air guide cover flexible rather than rigid, allowing it to dynamically adapt its shape in response to airflow pressure. The flexible cover can deflect and change its configuration to optimize airflow passage, thereby increasing airflow volume while maintaining structural integrity through controlled flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes by altering the physical state of the air guide cover from rigid to flexible, changing its mechanical properties. This allows the cover to respond to varying airflow conditions by adjusting its deflection degree, optimizing the airflow channel cross-section area and improving overall air guide performance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed air guide structures are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different device sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible air guide cover allows for parameter changes in the airflow channel geometry without requiring different manufactured parts for different device sizes. The same flexible cover can adapt to various device configurations by deflecting to appropriate degrees, providing versatility while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
3Temperature
If larger airflow channels are created, then heat dissipation performance is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible air guide cover dynamically adjusts the airflow channel size based on airflow pressure, creating larger channels when needed for improved heat dissipation while maintaining structural stability through the flexibility of the material. The cover can deflect to expand the channel or return to its original position to maintain structural integrity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The flexible air guide structures enable better air intake and guidance, improving heat dissipation performance by allowing larger airflow volumes and adapting to various device sizes.
Implementation Method 1
when an airflow passes through the heat dissipation channel
Implementation Method 2
The first flexible cover is deflected relative to the casing when an airflow passes through the heat dissipation channel
Data Source
AI summary
An air guide module includes a casing and a first flexible air guide structure. The casing includes a first fixing portion. The first flexible air guide structure includes a first flexible cover and a second fixing portion connected to the first flexible cover. The first flexible air guide structure is fixed to the first fixing portion of the casing through the second fixing portion. The first flexible cover and a part of the casing form a heat dissipation channel. The first flexible cover is deflected relative to the casing when an airflow passes through the heat dissipation channel.