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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1999
Masaharu Miyahara, Nakatsu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cooling apparatus integrally formed within a casing for an electronic device. A mounting board has heat generating members and the cooling apparatus mounted thereto. In an embodiment, a cooling fan having a flat motor is integrally formed with the mounting board by directly fixing a stator coil and a bearing of a motor on the mounting board. The reduced thickness of this structure permits the circuit element to be arranged on the bottom side of the mounting board, permitting increased surface area for the mounting of components of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the mounting board is made of multiple layers, and the field coils form a flat stator on the multiple layers of the mounting board. A bearing is integrally formed in the multiple layers of the mounting board. The rotor is spaced over the mounting board and opposes the flat stator which is integral with the mounting board to reduce the thickness of the motor and permit use of the mounting bottom of the mounting board for components of the electronic device.