TW201440627A - Portable computer apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable computer apparatus includes a device casing, a computer device, and a heat insulating film. The computer device is disposed in the device casing and has at least one heat generating member. The heat insulating film is disposed on an inner surface of the device casing corresponding to the at least one heat generating member.

Description

Portable computer equipment

The present invention relates to a portable computer device, and more particularly to a portable computer device that uses a thermal barrier film to isolate or reflect the thermal energy transmitted by the heat generating component to the device housing.

With the advancement of portable electronic technology, the functions that portable computer devices (such as notebook computers) can provide are more and more complex and powerful, which also represents its internal electronic components (such as central processing unit, hard The data processing speed of the disc, motherboard, etc. must be faster and faster, so that it can cope with the huge system workload, but it also means that the heat generated by the internal electronic components will continue to rise. Soaring, the heat dissipation problem has become an important issue that must be considered when designing portable computer equipment.

In the case of a notebook computer, the heat generated by its internal electronic components can accumulate rapidly, so the heat dissipation performance has a crucial impact on the overall performance of the notebook computer. Generally speaking, in electronic components that need to dissipate heat in a notebook computer, such as a central processing unit, a hard disk, etc., a combination of a fan and a heat sink is used to transfer the heat generated by the operation of the electronic component to the notebook computer. The effect of the device housing discharge. However, after the notebook computer has been used for a period of time, the heat energy tends to accumulate on the device casing of the notebook computer to form a hot zone, thereby causing a problem that the surface temperature of the device casing of the notebook computer is too high.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a portable computer device that uses a heat insulating film to insulate or reflect heat energy transmitted from a heat generating component to a device casing to solve the above problems.

The patent application scope of the present invention discloses a portable computer device comprising a device housing, a computer device, and a thermal insulation film. The computer device is disposed in the device casing and has There is at least one heating element. The heat shielding film is disposed on an inner surface of the device housing corresponding to one of the at least one heat generating component.

The patent application scope of the present invention further discloses that the thermal insulation film is composed of a high thermal resistance material.

The patent application scope of the present invention further discloses that the heat insulating film is disposed at a position corresponding to a heat transfer path of at least one heat generating component to reflect or isolate heat energy transmitted from the at least one heat generating component to the device casing.

The scope of the patent application of the present invention further discloses that the thermal insulation film is disposed at a position facing the at least one heat generating component.

The scope of the patent application of the present invention further discloses that the device casing has a bottom plate, and the heat insulation film is disposed on the inner surface of the bottom plate.

The portable computer device further includes a heat conductive film disposed on the heat insulating film or between the heat insulating film and the device casing for transmitting the at least one heat generating component. The heat coming from it spreads evenly.

The patent application scope of the present invention further discloses that the heat conductive film is composed of a metal material.

The patent application scope of the present invention further discloses that the at least one heat generating component comprises at least one of a motherboard, a hard disk, and a motor.

In summary, the present invention adopts a design in which a heat insulating film is disposed on an inner surface of a device casing corresponding to a heat generating component, so that heat generated by the heat generating component in the portable computer device transmits the heat energy generated to the inner surface of the device casing. In the above, the heat insulating property of the heat insulating film is used to generate the effect of reflecting or isolating the heat energy, thereby improving the heat energy continuously accumulated on the device casing of the portable computer device. In this way, the present invention can surely avoid the generation of the local hot zone and reduce the surface temperature of the device casing, thereby effectively solving the problem of excessive surface temperature of the device casing of the portable computer device mentioned in the prior art. .

The advantages and spirit of the present invention will be further understood from the following embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

10‧‧‧Portable computer equipment

12‧‧‧ device housing

14‧‧‧Computer equipment

16‧‧‧Insulation film

18‧‧‧heating components

19‧‧‧ inner surface

20‧‧‧floor

22‧‧‧ Thermal film

P‧‧‧heat conduction path

1 is a partial cross-sectional, simplified view of a portable computer device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a partial perspective view of the device housing of Figure 1.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a partial cross-sectional view of a portable computer device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the portable computer device 10 is preferably A notebook computer, but not limited to this, it can also be other common portable computer devices, such as tablets. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable computer device 10 includes a device housing 12, a computer device 16, and a thermal insulation film 18. The device casing 12 can be designed to be commonly used in a general portable computer, and its related structural design is common in the prior art, and thus will not be described herein. The computer device 14 is disposed in the device housing 12 and has at least one heat generating component 18 (only one shown in FIG. 1 but not limited thereto), such as a motherboard, a hard disk, a motor, or a combination thereof.

Next, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the device casing 12 of FIG. 1. As can be seen from FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the device casing 12 is There is a bottom plate 20, and the heat insulating film 16 is preferably disposed on the inner surface 19 of the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12 corresponding to the heat generating component 18. More specifically, the heat insulating film 16 is preferably disposed on Corresponding to the position of one of the heat transfer paths P of the heat generating component 18, and for the heat generating component 18 (shown in FIG. 1) to reflect or isolate the heat energy transmitted from the heat generating component 18 to the device housing 12, but not limited thereto, that is, It is said that as long as the heat insulating film is provided on the inner surface of the device casing corresponding to the heat generating component, it can be used in the present invention. In addition, the thermal insulation film 16 may be composed of a high thermal resistance material, such as a polyester film and a high-purity metal coating (such as silver, nickel, aluminum, copper, etc.) or a polyester film and a Silver 20HC coating. Composition, etc., the description of the related thermal insulation principle and its design are common in the prior art, and therefore will not be described here. It should be noted that the thermal insulation area of the thermal insulation film 16 may be determined according to the area of the hot zone or hot spot formed on the bottom plate 20 due to the continuous accumulation of thermal energy.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 1, when the heating element in the portable computer device 10 After a period of operation, the heat transfer along the heat transfer path P (for example, through a heat sink device (such as a combination of a fan and a heat sink) in the portable computer device 10, etc.) to the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12 On the surface 19, the thermal insulation film 22 can reflect or isolate the thermal energy from the heating element 18 by its own thermal insulation property, thereby preventing the thermal energy from continuously accumulating on the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12, thus The generation of the local hot zone and the surface temperature of the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12 can be avoided, thereby solving the problem of excessive surface temperature of the device casing of the portable computer device mentioned in the prior art.

It is to be noted that, as shown in FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the portable computer device 10 can further include a heat conductive film 22 , which is preferably made of a metal material (such as copper, aluminum, etc.). And consisting of being disposed between the heat insulating film 16 and the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12, whereby when the heat generating component 18 transfers thermal energy to the inner surface 19 of the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12, the heat conductive film 22 can utilize itself. The thermal conductivity is such that the thermal energy transmitted from the heating element 18 can be uniformly diffused on the inner surface 19 of the bottom plate 20 of the device housing 12 to provide a temperature equalization effect. In this way, the present invention can further eliminate the local accumulation of thermal energy generated on the bottom plate 20 of the device casing 12 through the uniform heat conduction design of the heat conductive film 22 and the thermal energy reflection or isolation design of the heat insulation film 16. In addition, the arrangement of the heat conductive film 22 is not limited to the configuration as shown in FIG. 1 , and the design directly attached to the heat insulation film 22 may be used instead of the heat insulation film as shown in FIG. 1 . The design between the 16 and the backplane 20 depends on the configuration of the portable computer device 10 depending on the configuration.

In summary, compared with the prior art, the present invention adopts a design in which a heat insulating film is disposed on the inner surface of the device casing corresponding to the heat generating component, so as to transmit the heat energy generated by the heat generating component in the portable computer device. When it is placed on the inner surface of the device casing, the heat insulating property of the heat insulating film is utilized to generate the effect of reflecting or isolating the heat energy, thereby improving the accumulation of heat energy on the device casing of the portable computer device. In this way, the present invention can surely avoid the generation of the local hot zone and reduce the surface temperature of the device casing, thereby effectively solving the problem of excessive surface temperature of the device casing of the portable computer device mentioned in the prior art. .

10‧‧‧Portable computer equipment

12‧‧‧ device housing

14‧‧‧Computer equipment

16‧‧‧Insulation film

18‧‧‧heating components

19‧‧‧ inner surface

20‧‧‧floor

22‧‧‧ Thermal film

P‧‧‧heat conduction path

Claims (10)

A portable computer device comprising: a device housing; a computer device disposed in the device housing and having at least one heat generating component; and a thermal insulation film disposed on the device housing corresponding to the at least one heating component One on the inner surface. The portable computer device of claim 1, wherein the thermal insulation film is composed of a high thermal resistance material. The portable computer device of claim 1, wherein the thermal insulation film is disposed at a position corresponding to a heat transfer path of the at least one heat generating component to reflect or isolate the at least one heat generating component from being transmitted to the device casing. Thermal energy. The portable computer device of claim 3, wherein the thermal insulation film is disposed at a position facing the at least one heat generating component. The portable computer device of claim 3, wherein the device housing has a bottom plate, and the thermal insulation film is disposed on the inner surface of the bottom plate. The portable computer device of claim 3, further comprising: a heat conductive film disposed on the heat insulating film or between the heat insulating film and the device casing for the at least one heat generating component The heat that was transmitted spread evenly. The portable computer device according to claim 6, wherein the heat conductive film is made of a metal material. The portable computer device of claim 1, further comprising: a heat conductive film disposed on the heat insulating film or between the heat insulating film and the device casing for using the at least one heat generating host component The heat that is transmitted spreads evenly. The portable computer device of claim 1, wherein the device housing has a bottom plate, and the thermal insulation film is disposed on the inner surface of the bottom plate. The portable computer device of claim 1, wherein the at least one heating element comprises at least one of a motherboard, a hard disk, and a motor.