Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Shigetoshi Ippoushi

Akira Yamada

Tetsuro Ogushi

Nobuaki Uehara

Hisaaki Yamakage

Kazuyoshi Toya

Fumiharu Yabunaka

Yoshihito Asao

Tetsuya Takahashi

Takeshi Tanaka

Masao Kikuchi

Hiroaki Ishikawa

Hirotoshi Maekawa

Isao Sonoda

Hiroshi Chiba

Kunihiko Kaga

Hideo Okayama

Mihoko Shimoji

Akihiro Murahashi

Kazushige Nakao

Toshiyuki Umemoto

A heat sink including a compact cooling system, superior uniformity of heating, provides a compact cooling unit superior in uniformity of cooling. A heat sink includes a header for distribution connected to a cooling fluid inlet, a header for confluence connected to a cooling fluid outlet and parallel to and adjacent to the header for distribution and a heat transfer vessel including a heating element mounting surface as well as channels inside. The channels are connected to the header for distribution and the header for confluence.

Heat sink and cooling unit using the same

A cooling structure includes a heat dissipation structure having a heat generator and a heatsink that is adhered through an insulating adhesive layer to at least a surface of the heat generator that faces a cooling fluid and made of a metal foil having the flexibility; and a fluid flow path that is disposed outside of the heat dissipation structure so that the cooling fluid flowing inside thereof and the heatsink may directly come into contact. Furthermore, on a surface of the heatsink that directly comes into contact with the cooling fluid, a fine recess is disposed.

Cooling structure, heatsink and cooling method of heat generator

A cooling apparatus with high strength and good heat radiation characteristics. In the cooling apparatus, a heat exchanger is joined to an evaporator disposed on the lower side in a face to face manner; a containing unit of the heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger high temperature liquid outlet, and a two-phase fluid inlet in a joint portion with the evaporator; an outlet header of the heat exchanger includes an intermediate liquid outlet at a joint portion with the evaporator; and the evaporator includes a two-phase fluid outlet in the joint portion with the heat exchanger in opposition to the two-phase fluid inlet of the containing unit, and including an intermediate liquid inlet at the joint portion with the heat exchanger in opposition to the intermediate liquid outlet of the outlet header.

Cooling apparatus and power converter

A pump-free water-cooling system includes a heat-exchange circulating solution container containing heat-exchange circulating solution and vapor of the circulating solution, at least one solution outlet to discharge the circulating solution from the container, and a gas-liquid two-phase fluid inlet to charge into the container gas-liquid two-phase fluid composed of the circulating solution. The system also includes a circulating-solution transporting route in which a first transportation route is linked to a second transportation route which is linked to a third transportation route. A sensible-heat-emitting heat exchanger is provided along the first transportation route. The first transportation route is linked with the solution outlet. Heat exchange is carried out along the second transportation route at least between circulating solution therein and the circulating solution in the container. A heating heat exchanger is provided along the third transportation route. The third transportation route is linked with the gas-liquid two-phase fluid inlet.

Pump-free water-cooling system

A vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus having a small heat resistance and a large heat transport capacity. A heat exchange circulating solution container has a first space and a second space communicating with the first space through a communication opening and contains a heat exchange circulating solution, and vapor thereof, in each space. A circulating solution transport passage includes a pipe connected to the solution outlet of the container and provided with a sensible heat releasing heat exchanger, a pipe disposed in the container, and a pipe connected to a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid inlet and provided with a heating heat exchanger. A vapor-liquid two-phase fluid flows into only the first space through the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid inlet. When the entrance of the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid has caused a pressure difference between the first and second spaces, a difference occurs between the positions of the vapor-liquid interfaces in the first and second spaces.

Vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus

To provide a vehicular power converter with high reliability by effectively radiating heat generated in a power circuit section and control circuit section without using a cooling fan. The vehicular power converter includes a power circuit section provided with a switching element; a control circuit section for controlling the switching element; and a housing for accommodating the power circuit section and the control circuit section, wherein a first heat conducting layer intervenes between a base plate having a first heat exchange section for cooling the power circuit section and the power circuit section; a second heat conducting layer intervenes between a cover having a second heat exchange section for cooling the control circuit section and the control circuit section; and the first heat exchange section and the second heat exchange section are disposed on one main surface side and on the other main surface side of an outer circumferential surface part of the housing, respectively.

Vehicular power converter

A pump-free water-cooling system is provided wherein external power supply is not involved; heat can be transported in any direction; and high reliability and low thermal resistance are ensured. The pump-free water-cooling system includes: a heat-exchange circulating solution container in which a heat-exchange circulating solution and vapor of the circulating solution are contained; a heat radiator provided on the outer wall of the container; a solution outlet for discharging from the container the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container; a gas-liquid two-phase fluid inlet for charging into the container gas-liquid two-phase fluid composed of the heat-exchange circulating solution at high temperature and vapor bubbles of the circulating solution; a first transportation route along which a sensible-heat-emitting heat exchanger is provided, the first transportation route linking with the solution outlet; a second transportation route along which heat exchange is carried out between heat-exchange circulating solution therein and the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container and the vapor of the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container; a third transportation route along which a heating heat exchanger is provided, the third transportation route linking with the gas-liquid two-phase fluid inlet; and a circulating-solution transporting route in which the first transportation route, the second transportation route, and the third transportation route are linked in that order.

A heat transport device includes a container having a hollow structure including a fluid channel, at least one thermal-receiver heat exchanger and one thermal-radiator heat exchanger arranged side-by-side on an outer wall of the container along the fluid channel, and driving heat exchangers at respective terminal portions of the container. In this heat transport device, both ends of the fluid channel are closed to prevent intrusion of external air, and a liquid and a gas are sealed in the fluid channel. The driving heat exchangers cause the liquid to oscillate in the container along the internal fluid channel. The heat transport device provides low acoustic noise performance, improved temperature controllability, high heat transportation and heat radiating capacities, and improved heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics.

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Tokyo, Japan

Shigetoshi Ippoushi