Water-Cooling Block Display Without Backlight for Lower Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional water-cooling blocks with display modules are limited by the thickness of their backlight modules, which restricts overall height and visual integration with the block, and lack diverse visual aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A water-cooling block design that incorporates a liquid crystal display panel visible through a light-emitting component without a backlight, using reflective surfaces to illuminate and display information, allowing the heat exchange module to be visible, and reducing overall height and manufacturing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a backlight module is added to enhance display visibility, then the display visibility is improved, but the overall height of the water-cooling block increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the backlight module from the display system and replaces it with an external light source that illuminates the display panel from the front. This extraction of the backlight module eliminates the thickness it would add to the water-cooling block while maintaining display visibility through the external illumination approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an external light source as an intermediary to provide illumination for the display panel. Instead of using a traditional backlight module, the external light source acts as a mediator that illuminates the display from the front, allowing the display to be visible without adding thickness to the block.
2Illumination intensity
If a backlight module is added to enhance display visibility, then the display visibility is improved, but the manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the backlight module from the display system and replaces it with an external light source. This extraction eliminates the need to manufacture and integrate a complex backlight module, thereby reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining display visibility through the simpler external illumination approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a simple external light source that can be easily replaced or adjusted, rather than integrating a complex backlight module. This approach allows for a more cost-effective solution where the light source can be externally controlled and replaced without affecting the main water-cooling block structure.
3Loss of information
If a display module with backlight is integrated into the water-cooling block, then information display capability is improved, but the visual integration with the block deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the backlight module from the integrated display assembly and uses an external light source instead. This allows the display panel to be mounted on the water-cooling block without the bulky backlight module, improving visual integration while maintaining information display capability through the external illumination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the illumination approach from a dimensional integration (backlight module within the block) to an external dimensional approach (light source outside the block). This dimensional change allows the display to be integrated visually with the block while the illumination comes from an external source, resolving the integration conflict.
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 design provides a diverse visual experience and reduced height by eliminating the need for a backlight module, enhancing visual integration and lowering production costs.
Implementation Method 1
The light-emitting component comprises a plurality of light-emitting sources and at least one carrier for carrying the light-emitting sources. The light-emitting sources are arranged around the space. When at least one of the light-emitting sources is activated, the space is illuminated.
Implementation Method 2
The liquid crystal display panel is directly visible from the exterior of the casing, displays information using the light in the space
Implementation Method 3
an outer surface of the heat exchange module is with a high-reflectivity color, and the high-reflectivity color further can be white or silver
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AI summary
A water-cooling block with information display to be used in a liquid cooling heat dissipation system. The water-cooling block comprises a heat exchange module, a casing, a liquid crystal display panel, and a light-emitting component. The casing is formed with a space for disposal of the heat exchange module. The light-emitting component includes a plurality of light-emitting sources and at least one carrier for carrying the light-emitting sources. The light-emitting sources are disposed around the space. The space is illuminated when one of the light-emitting sources is activated. The liquid crystal display panel is directly visible from the exterior of the casing and does not come with a backlight module. The liquid crystal display panel displays information based on a light in the space, the heat exchange module can be seen through the liquid crystal display panel.