Monolithic Cooling Housing With End Caps for Simpler Heat Sink Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional heat sinks for self-contained cooling systems are complex and costly to manufacture, requiring multiple components and assembly steps, which increases production costs and reduces efficiency in cooling performance.
Innovation Solution
A temperature control body housing with a monolithic, strand-shaped middle part and interchangeable end caps made from cheaper materials, featuring asymmetrical temperature control ribs and fluid channels to enhance heat transfer and reduce assembly complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional heat sinks use complex chamber shapes to maximize heat transfer surface, then cooling performance is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The heat sink is divided into modular components: a monolithic middle part with integrated fluid channels and separate end caps. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using simple geometries while the assembled structure achieves complex heat transfer functionality through the coordinated arrangement of multiple components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the fluid channels and heat transfer surfaces into the monolithic middle part, integrating multiple functions (fluid flow path, heat conduction, structural support) into a single component. This merging eliminates the need for separate complex chamber structures while maintaining effective heat transfer.
2Temperature
If conventional heat sinks are manufactured as monolithic complex structures, then cooling performance is improved, but manufacturing cost and assembly complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The heat sink is divided into modular components: a monolithic middle part with integrated fluid channels and separate end caps. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using simple geometries while the assembled structure achieves complex heat transfer functionality through the coordinated arrangement of multiple components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the manufacturing approach from creating complex internal chambers within a single monolithic block to using a monolithic middle part with integrated channels combined with separate end caps. This parameter change in manufacturing strategy reduces complexity while maintaining performance.
3Temperature
If conventional heat sinks use multiple components to achieve complex cooling functions, then cooling performance is improved, but assembly effort and sealing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fluid channels and heat transfer surfaces into the monolithic middle part, integrating multiple functions (fluid flow path, heat conduction, structural support) into a single component. This merging eliminates the need for separate complex chamber structures while maintaining effective heat transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The monolithic middle part serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides the fluid flow path, acts as a heat conduction structure, offers structural support, and integrates the heat transfer surfaces. This multi-functionality reduces the total number of components needed while achieving complex cooling performance.
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 solution allows for cost-effective, high-performance cooling with fewer components and seals, simplifying assembly and manufacturing while maintaining robustness and flexibility, thereby improving cooling efficiency and reducing production costs.
Implementation Method 1
The heat transfer from a heat source to the surrounding cooling medium depends primarily on the temperature difference, the effective surface area, and the flow velocity of the surrounding cooling medium
Implementation Method 2
The heat transfer from a heat source to the surrounding cooling medium depends primarily on the temperature difference, the effective surface area, and the flow velocity of the surrounding cooling medium
Implementation Method 3
conduct heat away from the heat source and then dissipate it to the environment through thermal radiation and convection
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AI summary
According to various embodiments, a temperature-control body housing (100) has: a monolithic housing middle part (102), which is penetrated by one or more than one fluid channel (102k), wherein each fluid channel (102k) is completely delimited on four sides by means of corresponding walls, which are monolithically joined to outer walls of the housing middle part (102); a first housing end cap (104a) and a second housing end cap (104b), between which there is arranged the housing middle part (102); wherein the first housing end cap (104a) has a first fluid connection (106a) and either the first housing cap (104a) or the second housing end cap (104b) has a second fluid connection (106b), and wherein the first fluid connection (106a) and the second fluid connection (106b) are fluidically connected to one another by means of the one or more than one fluid channel (102k).