Water cooling heat dissipation structure

Abstract

A water cooling heat dissipation structure includes a first and a second plate, a water cooling heat dissipation body, which is composed of a plurality of stacked heat dissipation members. The first plate, the heat dissipation members, and the second plate are in sequence stacked up into one and another to integrally form the water cooling heat dissipation structure by heat treatment. The water cooling heat dissipation body has a top side attached to one side of the first plate and a bottom side thereof attached to the second plate, so as to secure two sides of a flow passage of the water cooling heat dissipation body. A first and a second connecting portion is respectively provided on two sides of the first plate or the water cooling heat dissipation body, and the first and the second connecting portion is communicable with the flow passage.

Claims

1. A water cooling heat dissipation structure, comprising: a first plate; a second plate; a plurality of heat dissipation members located between the first plate and the second plate and stacked together to form a water cooling heat dissipation body, each of the heat dissipation members having at least one groove extended therethrough and a plurality of turbulent areas provided therein; the at least one groove of the heat dissipation members being stacked to form a flow passage; respective turbulent areas of adjacent heat dissipation members being in contact with each other and stacked to form a plurality of turbulent sections located in the flow passage and one side of both the first and the second plates being respectively attached to a top and a bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure two sides of the flow passage; a first connecting portion provided on the first plate; and a second connecting portion provided on of the first plate, wherein each of the heat dissipation members has a plurality of first heat radiation fins and wherein the first plate has a first flow passage covering section and a plurality of second heat radiation fins outwardly extending from a lateral side of the first flow passage covering section; the first flow passage covering section having one side correspondingly connected to the top side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure a top side of the flow passage; and the first and the second connecting portion being respectively provided on two ends of the first flow passage covering section.

2. The water cooling heat dissipation structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first heat radiation fins outwardly extend from the at least one groove adjacent thereto of each heat dissipation member and there is a hollow portion formed between every two first heat radiation fins.

3. The water cooling heat dissipation structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein each turbulent area is slant-line-shaped and the turbulent areas of each heat dissipation member are stacked in a positive and negative alternate way to form the turbulent sections.

4. The water cooling heat dissipation structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the turbulent areas are spaced on an inner wall of the flow passage after the turbulent areas of each heat dissipation member are stacked up into one and another.

5. The water cooling heat dissipation structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second plate has at least one second flow passage covering section and a plurality of third heat radiation fins outwardly extending from a lateral side of the second flow passage covering section and the second flow passage covering section having one side correspondingly connected to the bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure a bottom side of the flow passage.

6. The water cooling heat dissipation structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second plate and the heat dissipation members are metal slices; and the second plate, the heat dissipation members, and the first plate are stacked bottom up to integrally form the water cooling heat dissipation structure by heat treatment.

7. A water cooling heat dissipation structure, comprising: a first plate; a second plate; a plurality of heat dissipation members located between the first plate and the second plate and stacked together to form a water cooling heat dissipation body, each of the heat dissipation members having at least one groove extended therethrough and a plurality of turbulent areas provided therein; the at least one groove of the heat dissipation members being stacked to form at least one flow passage; respective turbulent areas of adjacent heat dissipation members being in contact with each other and stacked to form a plurality of turbulent sections located in the at least one flow passage; and one side of both the first and the second plates being respectively attached to a top and a bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure two sides of the at least one flow passage; a first connecting portion provided on one side of the water cooling heat dissipation body; and a second connecting portion provided on another side of the water cooling heat dissipation body; the first and the second connecting portion being respectively provided on and communicable with two ends of the at least one flow passage of the water cooling heat dissipation body; and wherein each heat dissipation member has a plurality of first heat radiation fins; wherein the first plate has a first flow passage covering section and a plurality of second heat radiation fins; the first flow passage covering section having one side correspondingly connected to the top side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure the top side of the at least one flow passage.

8. The water cooling heat dissipation structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second plate has at least one second flow passage covering section and a plurality of third heat radiation fins outwardly extending from a lateral side of the second flow passage covering section; and the second flow passage covering section having one side correspondingly connected to the bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure a bottom side of the flow passage.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein

(2) FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a conventional water cooling device;

(3) FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a water cooling heat dissipation structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

(4) FIGS. 2A and 2B are two partly enlarged views of FIG. 2 with slant-line-shaped turbulent areas;

(5) FIG. 3A is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 2;

(6) FIG. 3B is a partially sectioned perspective view with slant-line-shaped turbulent areas of the water cooling heat dissipation structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

(7) FIG. 4 is another assembled perspective view of the water cooling heat dissipation structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

(8) FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the water cooling heat dissipation structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

(9) FIG. 6A is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 5;

(10) FIG. 6B is a partially sectioned perspective view with slant-line-shaped turbulent areas of the water cooling heat dissipation structure according to the second embodiment of the present invention; and

(11) FIG. 7 is another assembled perspective view of the water cooling heat dissipation structure according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(12) The present invention will now be described with some preferred embodiments thereof and by referring to the accompanying drawings. For the purpose of easy to understand, elements that are the same in the preferred embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals.

(13) Please refer to FIGS. 2 and 3, which are exploded and assembled views, respectively, of a water cooling heat dissipation structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention, to FIGS. 2A, 2B, which are two partly enlarged views of FIGS. 2 and 3B, which is a partially sectioned perspective view of the water cooling heat dissipation structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention. For the purpose of conciseness, the present invention is also briefly referred to as the water cooling structure herein and generally denoted by reference numeral 2. As shown, the water cooling structure 2 includes a first plate 21, a second plate 22, a water cooling heat dissipation body 24, which is composed of a plurality of stacked heat dissipation members 24a, and a first and a second connecting portion 25, 26. The heat dissipation members 24a are made of a material of metal, such as copper, aluminum, stainless steel, aluminum-magnesium alloy, titanium, or any other thermally conductive metal slices. Each heat dissipation member 24a has at least one groove 242a extended therethrough and a plurality of heat radiation fins 241a, which are used for dissipating absorbed heat to the surrounding air and outwardly extending from the grooves 242a adjacent thereto of each heat dissipation member 24a and a plurality of turbulent areas 244a provided therein. A hollow portion 248a is formed between every two first heat radiation fins 241a and used for allowing more air to pass through. The groove 242a in this illustrated first embodiment is curvedly arranged on and extended through each the heat dissipation member 24a. The two ends of the groove 242a are respectively provided on the same side of each the heat dissipation member 24a. The grooves 242a of each heat dissipation member 24a are stacked to one another to form at least one serpentine flow passage 246a. In practical implementation, the number of the grooves 242a can be changed and the shape of the grooves 242a can be V-shaped, double-V-shaped, a curved-shaped, and other shapes according to actual needs.

(14) The turbulent areas 244a, located in the groove 242a of the heat dissipation members 24a are stacked to form a plurality of turbulent sections 245a located in the flow passage 246a. Each turbulent area 244a is a slant line in this embodiment, and one right slant line turbulent area 244a is between every two left slant line turbulent areas 244a, such that the turbulent areas 244a are stacked bottom up in a positive and negative alternate way as shown in FIG. 3B when the heat dissipation members 24a are stacked up into one and another to form the water cooling heat dissipation body 24. In a possible embodiment, the turbulent areas 244a can be changed to V-shaped, slant-line-shaped, curved-shaped, and other shapes. For instance, every two V-shaped turbulent areas 244a have one upside-down V-shaped turbulent area 244a in between in a positive and negative alternate way. In another possible embodiment, the turbulent areas 244a are protruded-shaped to form the protruded turbulent sections 245a spaced on an inner wall of the flow passage 246a after the turbulent areas 244a of each heat dissipation member 24a are stacked up into one and another. When a working fluid, such as pure water or other liquid, is flowed through the turbulent sections 245a, the working fluid collides with the turbulent areas 244a to create vortex flow to slow down the working fluid, such that the working fluid can stay longer in the water cooling structure 2.

(15) The second plate 22, the heat dissipation members 24a, and the first plate 21 are stacked bottom up to integrally form the water cooling heat dissipation structure 2 by heat treatment, such as processing by atmosphere furnace, vacuum furnace. The water cooling heat dissipation body 24 has a top side attached to one side of the first plate 21 and a bottom side thereof attached to the second plate 22, so as to secure two sides of a flow passage 246a of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24. In practical usage, the number of flow passages 246a can be two or more according to the number of the grooves 242a of each the heat dissipation member 24a, for example, each heat dissipation member 24a can have two grooves 242a and then they are stacked to form two flow passages 245a after the heat dissipation members 24a are stacked up into one another to form the water cooling heat dissipation body 24, and the rest can be done in the same manner.

(16) The first plate 21 is made of a material of metal, such as copper, aluminum, stainless steel, aluminum-magnesium alloy, titanium, or any other thermally conductive metal slices. The first plate 21 has at least one first flow passage covering section 211 and a plurality of second heat radiation fins 212, which are outwardly extended from a lateral side of the first flow passage covering section 211 and located corresponding to the first heat radiation fins 241a. The first flow passage covering section 211 is located corresponding to the flow passage 246a and has one side correspondingly connected to the top side of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 to secure a top side of the corresponding flow passage 246a. The second plate 22 is made of a material of metal, such as copper, aluminum, stainless steel, aluminum-magnesium alloy, titanium, or any other thermally conductive metal slices. The second plate 22 has at least one second flow passage covering section 221 and a plurality of third heat radiation fins 222, which are outwardly extended from a lateral side of the second flow passage covering section 221 and located corresponding to the first heat radiation fins 241a. The second flow passage covering section 221 is located corresponding to the flow passage 246a and has one side correspondingly connected to the bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 to secure a bottom side of the corresponding flow passage 246a.

(17) The first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 are selectedly, respectively, provided on two sides of the first plate 21 or the water cooling heat dissipation body 24. In this illustrated first embodiment, the first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 are respectively provided on two sides of the flow passage 246a of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24. The first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 are communicable with two ends of the flow passage 246a and the first connecting portion 25 is communicable with the second connecting portion 26 via the flow passage 246a, such that the working fluid flows in the corresponding flow passage 246a via the first connecting portion 25 and out via the second connecting portion 26.

(18) In a possible embodiment, the first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 are provided on the same side of the first plate 21 and respectively located corresponding to the two ends of the first flow passage covering section 211 of the first plate 21 as shown in FIG. 4. The first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 respectively have a first and a second water outlet 251, 261, which are communicable with the first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 and the two sides of the flow passage 246a of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24.

(19) In practical implementation, the first and the second connecting portion 25, 26 can respectively be connected and communicated with an outlet and an inlet of a water cooling head via two water guiding pipes (not shown), such that heat produced by a heat generating element, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a graphical display unit, GDU, is absorbed by working fluid in one side of the water cooling head, and then the cooling water is flowed into the flow passage 246a of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 via the first connecting portion 25 by operation of a water pump of the water cooling head. After that, the working fluid flows along the flexible flow passage 246a in a direction of the other end of the flow passage 246a and heat is transferred to the first, the second, and the third heat radiation fins 241a, 212, 222 at the same time. At last, the heat is dissipated into the surrounding air by the first, the second, and the third heat radiation fins 241a, 212, 222 and the cooling working fluid flows back into the water cooling head via the second connecting portion 26 to complete the circulation to achieve water cooling heat dissipation effect.

(20) In a possible embodiment, the water cooling structure 2 is below a fan (now shown), such that the heat can be forcedly quickly dissipated from the water cooling structure 2.

(21) Since each heat dissipation member 24a has the groove 242a, the first heat radiation fins 241a, and the first and the second plate 21, 22 respectively have the second and the third heat radiation fins 212, 222, the heat the working fluid absorbed can directly be transferred to the first, the second, and the third heat radiation fins 241a, 212, 222 on the first and the second plate 21, 22, and the heat dissipation member 24a to effectively enhance heat transfer efficiency, so as to achieve excellent heat dissipation efficiency. Further, with the first and the second plate 21, 22 and the heat dissipation members stacked up into one another, the water cooling structure 2 not only can be easily detachably assembled to one another, but also can enhance the overall structural strength, such that water cooling structure 2 can have effectively increased transfer efficiency and enhanced structural strength. With the flexible flow passage 246a, the working fluid collides with the turbulent sections 245a to create vortex flow to slow down the working fluid, such that the working fluid can stay longer in the water cooling structure 2 to provide better heat dissipation effect.

(22) Please refer to FIGS. 5 and 6A, which are exploded and assembled perspective views, respectively, of the water cooling structure 2 according to a second embodiment of the present invention, along with FIG. 6B, which is a partially sectioned perspective view of the water cooling structure 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment of the water cooling structure 2 is generally structurally similar to the first embodiment except that, in this second embodiment, each of the heat dissipation members 24a has at least one connecting groove 243a and a plurality of grooves 242a. In other words, each of the heat dissipation members 24a has a plurality of turbulent areas 244a, a plurality of grooves 242a, a plurality of first heat radiation fins 241a, and at least one connecting groove 243a communicated with the grooves 242a. The grooves 242a and the connecting groove 243a are extended through each heat dissipation member 24a, and the turbulent areas 244a are located in the grooves 242a. The heat dissipation members 24a are stacked up into one another to form the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 such that the stacked grooves 242a of the heat dissipation members 24a are stacked up to form a plurality of flow passages 246a and the turbulent areas 244a of the heat dissipation members 24a form a plurality of turbulent sections 245a located in the flow passages 246a, whereas the connecting grooves 243a of the heat dissipation members 24a form a connecting passage 247a. In this illustrated second embodiment, the connecting passage 247a is perpendicular to the flow passages 246a. The first and the second plate 21, 22 has one side, respectively, attached to a top and a bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 to secure the two ends of the flow passages 246a and the connecting passage 247a.

(23) The first plate 21 has a plurality of first flow passage covering sections 211, a first connecting passage covering section 213, and a plurality of second heat radiation fins 212. The first flow passage covering sections 211 correspond to the flow passages 246a and each of the first flow passage covering sections 211 and the connecting passage covering section 213, respectively, has one side correspondingly connected to the top side of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 to secure a top side of the corresponding flow passage 246a and the connecting passage 247a. The second plate 22 has a plurality of second flow passage covering sections 221, a second connecting passage covering section 223, and a plurality of third heat radiation fins 222. The second flow passage covering sections 221 and the second connecting passage covering section 213, respectively, have one side correspondingly connected to the bottom side of the water cooling heat dissipation body to secure a bottom side of the corresponding flow passage 246a and the connecting passage 247a.

(24) The first connecting portion 25 and the second connecting portions 26 are selectedly, respectively, provided on two sides of the first plate 21 of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 and respectively located corresponding to two sides of the connecting passage 247a. In this illustrated second embodiment, the first connecting portion 25 is provided on one side of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 corresponding to the one side of the connecting passage 247a, whereas the second connecting portions 26 are provided on the other side of the flow passages 246a of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 away from the connecting passage 247a. Each second connecting portion 26 is communicable with one end of each of the flow passages 246a and the other ends of the flow passages 246a are correspondingly connected to and communicated with the connecting passage 247a such that the first connecting portion 25 is communicable with the second connecting portions 26 via the flow passages 246a and the connecting passage 247a. In a possible embodiment, the first and the second connecting portions 25, 26 are provided on the same side of the first plate 21 such that the first connecting portion 25 is located on the first passage covering section 213 of the first plate 21, whereas the second connecting portions 26 are located on the first flow passage covering section 211 of the first plate 21 away from the connecting passage 27a as shown in FIG. 7. The first connecting portion 25 has a first water outlet 251, and each second connecting portion 26 respectively has a second water outlet 261. The first water outlet 251 and the second water outlets 261 are communicable with the first and the second connecting portions 25, 26 and the connecting passage 247a and one end of each flow passage 246a. The connecting passage 247a is communicable with the flow passages 246a.

(25) In practical implementation, the first connecting portion 25 and the second connecting portions 26 can respectively be connected and communicated with an outlet and inlets of a water cooling head via a plurality of water guiding pipes (not shown), such that heat produced by a heat generating element, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a graphical display unit (GDU) is absorbed by working fluid in one side of the water cooling head and then the cooling water flows into the flow passage 246a of the water cooling heat dissipation body 24 via the first connecting portion 25 by operation of a water pump of the water cooling head. After that, the working fluid flows along the flexible flow passage 246a in a direction of the other end of the flow passage 246a and the heat is transferred to the first, the second, and the third heat radiation fins 241a, 212, 222 at the same time. At last, the heat is dissipated into the surrounding air by the first, the second, and the third heat radiation fins 241a, 212, 222 and the cooling working fluid flows back into the water cooling head via the second connecting portions 26 to complete a circulation to achieve water cooling heat dissipation effect.

(26) With the first and the second plate 21, 22, and the heat dissipation members 24a stacked up into one another, the water cooling structure 2 not only can be easily detachably assembled, but also can enhance the overall structural strength such that water cooling structure 2 can have effectively increased transfer efficiency and enhanced structural strength.

(27) The present invention has been described with some preferred embodiments thereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications in the described embodiments can be carried out without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.