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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361687 ; 361697 ;
Abstract
A circuit module comprises a circuit board and a circuit element mounted on the circuit board and producing heat in operation. A heat conduction member, put in contact with the circuit element, for receiving the heat of the circuit element is attached to the circuit board. A metallic heat sink is detachably mounted on the heat conduction member. The heat sink comprises a radiation panel put in contact with the heat conduction member and a fan support portion formed integral with the radiation panel. The fan support portion supports a cooling fan for guiding a cooling air to the radiation panel.