Water-Cooling Seal Structure for Leak-Free Heat Dissipation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water-cooling heat dissipation devices suffer from liquid leakage and poor airtightness, limiting their effectiveness in dissipating heat generated by electronic components.
Innovation Solution
A water-cooling heat dissipation device with a double ring seal member design, comprising an inner and outer ring, tightly combined with a water conveying pipe to enhance airtightness, and a compact structure with integrated pipe members for improved heat dissipation performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a water-cooling heat dissipation device is used to improve heat dissipation performance, then heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but liquid leakage and poor airtightness occur
Solution Approach 1:
The seal member is divided into three functional segments: bottom pad for positioning and initial sealing, inner ring for clamping between pipes, and outer ring for clamping against the housing wall. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific sealing function effectively, resolving the contradiction between maintaining water flow paths and preventing leakage.
Solution Approach 2:
The seal member acts as an intermediary component between the water conveying pipe and the housing, creating a reliable seal without interfering with the water flow paths. This mediator structure ensures airtightness while maintaining the integrity of the water-cooling system's productivity.
2Reliability
If a complex seal structure is designed to prevent liquid leakage, then airtightness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sealing functions are merged into a single integrated seal member structure. The bottom pad, inner ring, and outer ring work together as one component to provide positioning, clamping, and sealing functions simultaneously, improving airtightness without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The seal member uses a flexible elastomeric material that can deform to accommodate manufacturing tolerances and assembly variations. This flexibility allows the seal to conform to the circular slot and pipe surfaces, ensuring reliable sealing without requiring extremely precise manufacturing or complex adjustable mechanisms.
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 device provides enhanced airtightness and heat dissipation performance by preventing liquid leakage and ensuring a tight seal, while maintaining a compact design.
Implementation Method 1
The seal member is disposed in the circular slot and squeezed by the third pipe member to generate a partial deformation; thus, the third pipe member is tightly combined with the water conveying pipe
Implementation Method 2
a water-cooling heat dissipation device with a water-cooling circulating function is required to effectively dissipate the heat generated by the aforesaid electronic device
Implementation Method 3
The heat absorbing structure is connected to the base and disposed in the heat exchanging chamber
Data Source
AI summary
A water-cooling heat dissipation device (1), which includes: a base (10) having an accommodation space (11), a heat exchanging chamber (12) having a circular slot (15) and a first pipe member (13), a water conveying pipe (14) communicates with the accommodation space (11) and the heat exchanging chamber (12); a heat absorbing structure (20) disposed in the heat exchanging chamber (12); a liquid driving mechanism (30) disposed in the accommodation space (10) and having a housing (31) and a rotor assembly (32), the housing (31) has a compartment (311), a second pipe member (312) and a third pipe member (313); and a seal member (40) disposed in the circular slot (15) and squeezed by the third pipe member (313) to generate a partial deformation to make the third pipe member (313) be tightly combined with the water conveying pipe (14).