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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Ted DiBene, II, Oceanside, CA (US);
Farhad Raiszadeh, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Incep Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for improving the thermal efficiency for heat transfer from an electronic device using a vortex heatsink arrangement. The apparatus comprises a fin array having a plurality of fins and having a variable fin density, the fin array including a first fin array region proximate to and in thermal contact with the heat dissipating device; a second fin array region distant from the heat dissipating device. The first fin region includes a first fin density and the second fin region includes a second fin density less than the first fin density.