Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Other

Kenichi Ishikawa

Keizo Ohgami

Katsumi Hisano

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Hironori Ito

Takaichi Kobayashi

Kazuya Shibasaki

Kazuyuki Matsuda

Shigeru Sekine

Masashi Mikami

Moriya Gibo

Tadamichi Shimohira

Yasuyuki Suzuki

Takayuki Arisaka

Kentaro Tomioka

Yukihiko Hata

Kei Matsuoka

Nobuto Fujiwara

Hideyuki Toma

Kazuma Toyota

An electronic apparatus comprises a housing that contains a heat-generating component, a heat radiating component and a fan that is adapted to apply air to the heat radiating component and including an inlet port and an outlet port. The electronic apparatus further comprises a support member situated within the housing and arranged so that that the outlet port of the fan faces the heat radiating component. Being coupled to the fan and the heat radiating component, the support member comprises an opening portion to direct air to the fan, where the opening portion is aligned with the inlet port of the fan.

Cooling device for cooling a heat-generating component, and electronic apparatus having the cooling device

According to one embodiment, a cooling device includes a heat diffusion plate, a heat receiving portion, a heat sink and a heat pipe. The heat receiving portion is provided on the heat diffusion plate and thermally connected to an object to be cooled. The heat sink is provided on the heat diffusion plate, and it releases the heat of the heat receiving portion to outside. The heat pipe has a first end portion to be connected to the heat receiving portion and a second end portion located on an opposite side to the first end portion and to be connected to the heat sink.

Cooling device and electronic device

A cooling device comprises a heat radiating portion, heat-transferring component, such as a heat pipe, a fan and a support member. The heat radiating portion radiates the heat generated by the heat-generating component. The heat-transferring component transfers the heat generated by the heat-generating component, from the heat receiving portion to the heat radiating portion. The fan applies cooling air to the heat radiating portion. The fan is coupled to the heat radiating portion. The support member includes a first part to hold the heat radiating portion, and a second part to hold the fan.

A cooling device having a heat receiving portion, a heat radiating portion, a heat pipe, and a fan. The heat receiving portion is held on a wiring board and thermally connected to a heat-generating component. The heat radiating portion radiates the heat generated by the heat-generating component, at a position remote from the heat receiving portion. The heat pipe transfers the heat generated by the heat-generating component, from the heat receiving portion to the heat radiating portion. The heat pipe couples the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion. The fan applies cooling air to the heat radiating portion. The fan is coupled to the heat radiating portion.

A heat dissipating device includes a heat receiving unit having a heat receiving surface thermally connected to a heat generating object and a heat dissipating surface in an opposite to the receiving surface, a heat transferring unit mounted on the dissipating surface, transferring the heat received in the heat receiving surface, and diffusing the transferred heat to the dissipating surface, and a heat dissipating unit mounted on the dissipating surface and dissipating the diffused heat. An electronic apparatus includes a circuit board having an electronic part generating heat, a main body installing the circuit board, and the heat dissipating device described above.

Heat dissipating device and electronic apparatus including the same

An electronic apparatus includes a first housing including a convex portion and housing a heat generating component, a second housing including a leg portion rotatably supported by the convex portion, a heat receiving portion provided in the first housing and thermally connected to the heat generating component, a heat radiating portion provided in the second housing, and a circulation path for circulating a cooling medium between the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion. The circulation path extends between the first housing and the second housing through the interior of the convex portion and the interior of the leg portion. The leg portion includes an opening at the part corresponding to the circulation path for exposing the circulation path. The opening is covered with a removable lid.

Electronic apparatus including a circulation path for circulating cooling medium

An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing containing a heat generating component, and a blower unit contained in the housing and used to cool the heat generating component. The blower unit includes an impeller, and a casing containing the impeller. The casing has suction ports, a chamber located around the impeller and a discharge port located at the downstream end of the chamber. The chamber has a depth gradually increased radially away from the impeller.

Centrifugal blower unit having swirl chamber, and electronic apparatus equipped with centrifugal blower unit

A cooling unit for cooling a heat generating component includes a heat receiving portion thermally connected to the heat generating component and a heat radiating portion including first and second radiating members having thermal conductivity. The first and second radiating members are overlaid on each other and define a path for allowing a cooling medium heated by the heat generating component to flow through the path. A pump circulates the cooling medium between the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion.

Cooling unit including radiator for radiating heat of heat generating component, and electronic apparatus including the cooling unit

An electronic apparatus includes a heat receiving portion thermally connected to a heat generating component, a heat exchanging portion for radiating heat of the heat generating component, a circulation path for circulating a cooling medium between the heat exchanging portion and the heat receiving portion, and a cooling unit provided separate from the heat exchanging portion. The circulation path transmits heat of the heat generating component which is transmitted to the heat receiving portion to the heat exchanging portion through the cooling medium. The cooling unit is thermally connected to the heat receiving portion, and radiates the heat of the heat generating component.

Electronic apparatus including a cooling unit for cooling a heat generating component

A cooling unit having a heat-receiving section, a heat sink and a cooling fan. The heat-receiving section opposes a printed wiring board across a heat generating component mounted on the board. The section receives heat from the heat generating component. The heat sink is thermally connected to the heat-receiving section. The cooling fan has a fan case. The heat-receiving section and the fan case are arranged, side by side, along the printed wiring board. The fan case protrudes from that side of the printed wiring board which faces away from the heat-receiving section.

Cooling unit having a heat-receiving section and a cooling fan, and electronic apparatus incorporating the cooling unit

The present invention provides a frame connector that includes a hollow portion for receiving a projecting block of a mating connector. Recess portions are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion of the frame connector for receiving pin terminals of an electronic device, such as a hard disk drive. The present invention also contemplates a connector system wherein the frame connector is connected to a connector portion of an electronic device, such as a hard disk drive, having a plurality of pin terminals. The frame connector receives each pin terminal in a recess portion of the inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion and is mounted on the connector portion of the electronic device to protect the pin terminals from being bent. A mating, or base, connector is mounted to a substrate. The base connector includes a projecting block including base connector termninals. The projecting block of the base connector is inserted into the hollow portion of the frame connector resulting in the base connector terminals being brought into contact with corresponding pin terminals of the connector portion of the electronic device, thereby completing the electrical connection between the electronic device and the substrate.

Electronic system and connector used therein

An electronic apparatus comprises a housing for accommodating a heat generating component and a display unit supported by the housing. A heat receiving head thermally connected to the heat generating component is accommodated inside the housing. A heat radiator is disposed in the display unit. A heat receiving head and the heat radiator are connected to each other through a circulating path for circulating cooling medium. The circulating path is provided with an intermediate cooling unit. Before cooling medium heated by heat transfer by the heat receiving head reaches the heat radiator, the intermediate cooling unit forces cooling medium to be cooled.

Cooling unit for cooling a heat generating component and electronic apparatus having the cooling unit

A base portion of a camera is mounted on a side wall of a display unit of a personal computer by a mounting mechanism. The base portion is coupled with a first movable portion rotatable around a first rotation axis that extends perpendicular to the side wall. The first movable portion is coupled with a second movable portion rotatable around a second rotation axis that extends parallel to the side wall. The second movable portion is provided with an image pickup portion for picking up an image of a subject.

Information detecting apparatus mountable on information processing apparatus and information processing system with the same

An electronic apparatus is provided with a base unit and a display unit. The base unit has an opening formed on the upper surface. The display unit incorporates a display device and supported by the base unit. The display unit is rotatable between a first position where it is tilted down in such a manner as to cover the upper surface of the base unit and a second position where it is raised in such a manner as to expose the upper surface. The display unit includes a projection portion which is inserted into the opening when the display unit is rotated to the first position. A switch for turning the display device on or off is arranged inside the base unit. The switch includes an operation element opposed to the opening of the base unit. When the display unit is rotated to the first position, the operation element is pushed by the projection portion, thereby turning off the display device.

Electronic apparatus having switch operated by rotatable display-unit

A display device comprises a box-shaped casing having an opening for display, and a display unit contained in the casing, the display unit having a display screen exposed to the opening. The casing includes a display cover and a display mask coupled to the display cover and having the opening. The display cover and display mask have outer peripheral edge portions, respectively, which are detachably coupled to each other. The display unit is provided with a plurality of support portions extending toward the outer peripheral edge portions. The support portions is clamped between the outer peripheral edge portion of the display cover and the outer peripheral edge portion of the display mask, whereby the display unit is fixed in the casing.

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Hamura, Japan

Kenichi Ishikawa