The present invention relates in general to a protective cover for heat-conductive material of a heat sink, and more particularly, to a protective cover for precisely enclosing the heat-conductive material to be isolated from contamination but with good air-circulation.
Taiwan patent publication no. 358565 discloses a protective cover installed on a heat sink to enclose the heat-conductive material for protection. The protective cover includes a hat-like lid with a crown portion to cover on the heat-conductive material and a brim portion extending around the crown to be fixed on the heat sink so that the heat-conductive material can be securely protected.
However, it is inconvenient to install this kind of protective cover because it is invisible to locate the heat-conductive material precisely within the crown portion. Therefore, it may happen that the protective cover sits on the heat-conductive material. Besides, the heat-conductive material is closely covered by the above-mentioned conventional protective cover. High temperature may deteriorate the heat-conductive material when multiple heat sinks with heat-conductive material are packed for shipping.
The present invention is to provide a protective cover including a first plate enclosing the heat-conductive material of the heat sink and a second plate foldable to the first plate. Such that the heat-conductive material can be precisely protected by the protective cover to be isolated from contamination but with good air-circulation.
Accordingly, the protective cover for protecting heat-conductive material of a heat sink provided by the present invention includes a plate, a first connecting part and a second connecting part. The plate has an opening to enclose the heat-conductive material therein. The first connecting part is formed on two sides of the opening. The second connecting part correspondingly engagable to the first connecting part is formed on the plate.
In another aspect, the protective cover for protecting heat-conductive material of a heat sink provided by the present invention includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has an opening to enclose the heat-conductive material therein and a first connecting part. The second plate is foldable to the first plate, having a second connecting part correspondingly engagable to the first connecting part. Thereby, after the first and the second connecting parts are engaged to each other, the second plate is covered on the first plate with a gap formed therebetween for air circulating the heat-conductive material.
These and other objectives of the present invention will become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of preferred embodiments.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
These as well as other features of the present invention will become more apparent upon reference to the drawings therein:
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
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The flat plate 1 includes a first plate 11, a second plate 12 and a folding portion 13 between the first and the second plates 11 and 12. The first plate 11 has an opening 14 preferably formed at center and an adhering component 15, such as a two-faced adhesive tape or adhesive glue, preferably formed on the edge of the bottom surface.
The first connecting part 2 is formed on the first plate 11, preferably more than two arranged on two sides of the opening 14, respectively. The first connecting part 2 is a tapered pillar with a cross section chosen from a circular, a rectangular, a triangle or a trapezoid shape.
The second connecting part 3 is preferably a hole formed on the second plate 13. The second connecting part 3 can be a circular, a rectangular, a triangle or a trapezoid hole located at a position with respect to the first connecting part 2 so that when the second plate 11 is folded along the folding portion 13 to the first plate 11, the second connecting part 3 can be securely engaged with the first connecting part 2.
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While an illustrative and presently preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in detail herein, it is to be understood that the inventive concepts may be otherwise variously embodied and employed and that the appended claims are intended to be construed to include such variations except insofar as limited by the prior art.
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