1. Technical Field
The disclosure relates to heat dissipation devices, and particularly to a heat dissipation device comprising at least two heat sinks connected together.
2. Description of the Related Art
With continuing developments in technology, heat-generating electronic components such as CPUs (central processing units) provide improved performance such as faster processing speeds. However, such electronic components also tend to generate increased amounts of heat, which requires immediate dissipation. Often, a heat sink is employed to provide such heat dissipation. The heat sink absorbs heat from the electronic component and dissipates the heat to ambient air.
Generally, for achieving different heat dissipation according to different needs, the dimension of the heat sink has to be changed. However, a change of the die for forming the heat sink raises a considerable cost burden. Furthermore, a larger heat sink for a high power electronic component needs to be manufactured by driving an aluminum stock through a large mold, which is difficultly manufactured and requires a high manufacture cost.
It is thus desirable to provide a heat dissipation device which can overcome the described limitations.
The components of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments of the display device. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout several views.
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Each of the first heat sink 100 and the second heat sink 200 is integrally formed of a metal with a good heat conductivity such as aluminum. In this embodiment, each of the first heat sink 100 and the second heat sink 200 is made of aluminum extrusion and is extruded along a lengthways direction from a front end to a rear end thereof.
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The first tooth 131 is symmetric about a central horizontal line. The first tooth 131 has a thickness gradually increasing from a root jointed to the first heat spreader 110 to an outer free end thereof. Each of the second teeth 132 has a thickness gradually decreasing from a root jointed to the first heat spreader 110 to an outer free end thereof. In this embodiment, the first tooth 131 has a dovetailed section and each of the second teeth 132 has a triangular section as viewed from a front end of the first heat spreader 110. Each of the third teeth 133 has a rectangular configuration as viewed from the front end of the first heat spreader 110. The first tooth 131 has an inclined clasping surface 131 a respectively at a top side and a bottom side thereof. The second teeth 132 each have a guiding surface 132a opposite to the adjoining clasping surface 131a. Each of the clasping surfaces 131a of the first tooth 131 and the corresponding guiding surface 132a cooperatively define and surround the first groove 134. A top one of the first grooves 134 slants upwardly and the bottom one of the first grooves 134 slants downwards from inside to outside. A top one of the second grooves 135 slants downwards and a bottom one of the second grooves 135 slants upwardly from inside to outside.
The second heat sink 200 includes a second heat spreader 210 and a plurality of spaced fins 220 extending upwardly from a top surface of the second heat spreader 210. The second heat spreader 210 comprises a protruding structure 230 at a lateral portion thereof. The protruding structure 230 comprises two first inserting portions 231 and two second inserting portions 232 at a lateral surface of the second heat spreader 210. The first inserting portions 231 and the second inserting portions 232 are spaced to each other. The second inserting portions 232 are located at outer sides of the first inserting portions 231. The first inserting portions 231 are approximately parallel to each other. A top one of the second inserting portions 231 slants upwardly, and the bottom one of the second inserting portions 231 slants downwards. Each of the first inserting portions 231 and the second inserting portions 232 has a smooth free end.
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Alternatively, the heat dissipation device 10 can include more than two heat sinks each of which simultaneously comprises a receiving structure and a protruding structure opposite to receiving structure, and the heat sinks can be selectively combined together. Since an amount of the heat sinks can be changed, a size of the heat dissipation device 10 can be changed for various requirements. The size of the heat dissipation device 10 in accordance with the present disclosure can be changed without requiring a new mould/die. Thus, the cost for manufacturing the heat dissipation device 10 can be considerably reduced.
It is to be further understood that even though numerous characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing description of the embodiment(s), together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiment(s), the disclosure is illustrative only; and that changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201210097100.1 | Apr 2012 | CN | national |