Abstract: An exemplary method for manufacturing a heat dissipation device includes the following steps. First, providing fins spaced from each other. Then, providing an electric conductor extending through the fins and being electrically connected to the fins. Next, immersing the combination of the fins and the electric conductor into an electrolyte of an electrolytic cell. After that, connecting an anode of the electrolytic cell with the electric conductor in an electric conductive relationship. Finally, providing the anode with electrical power to form metal oxide films over surfaces of the fins and the electric conductor.

Abstract: An exemplary heat sink assembly includes a base plate, a number of fins, a heat spreader and a heat pipe. The fins are mounted on and thermally connect with the base plate for dissipating heat of the base plate. A bottom one of the fins has a body parallel to the base plate and a number of supporting tabs extending downwardly from the body. The supporting tabs engage with a top surface of the base plate to support the fins onto the base plate and reinforce a whole strength of the heat sink assembly. The heat spreader is mounted below the base plate. The heat pipe includes a horizontal evaporating portion sandwiched between the heat spreader and the base plate and a vertical condensing portion extending from a free end of the evaporation portion and passing through the fins.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a plurality of fins, a plurality of heat pipes connected to the fins in a thermal conductive relationship and a plurality of electric conductors extending through the fins. The fins are stacked together and spaced from each other. The heat pipes are extended through the fins. The electric conductors are electrically connected to the fins to enable consistent metal oxide films to be formed all over surfaces of the fins when anodizing the fins.

Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a fin assembly, a heat pipe, and a protective member. The fin assembly includes stacked fins and air passages between fins. Each fin includes a main body, an extending hole defined in the main body, and a flange extending from the main body around the extending hole. The heat pipe is received in the extending holes of the fins and abuts the flanges of the fins. The protective member includes a plurality pairs of elastic arms. Each pair of elastic arms is sandwiched between a free end of the flange of a corresponding fin and the main body of a corresponding adjacent fin to prevent solder associated with the heat pipe from flowing into the corresponding air passage.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device for a heat-generating component includes a heat dissipation fin group and a side plate. The heat dissipation fin group comprises a plurality of heat dissipation fins arranged one on the other, each of the heat dissipation fins comprises a base plate and a fold extending vertically from a side of the base plate. The folds of the heat dissipation fins located at a common side are combined with each other to form a side surface. The side plate covers the side surface of the heat dissipation fin group, and an exposed surface of the side plate includes a plurality of strips formed thereon.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device cooling an electronic device includes a conductive plate, a heat spreader received in the conductive plate and contacting the electronic device, a heat pipe connecting the conductive plate and the heat spreader, and an elastic member mounted on the conductive plate and pushing the heat spreader and the heat pipe in the heat spreader downwardly toward the electronic device.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device for cooling an electronic device mounted on a printed circuited board, comprises a heat spreader contacting the electronic device, a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins, a supporting bracket contacting the heat spreader and supporting the fin assembly, and a heat pipe extending through the fin assembly and the supporting bracket and attached to the heat spreader, wherein a lowermost fin of the fin assembly has a plurality of clasps extending near two opposite ends thereof and towards the supporting bracket. The clasps are bent to press against a bottom of the supporting bracket after the clasps extend through the supporting bracket.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a base, a fin group located at a top of the base, a heat pipe connecting the base with the fin group, a fan mounted on a side of the fin group and a supporting bracket mounted on the base and supporting the fan. The supporting bracket includes a mounting portion secured on the base and a pair of supporting arms extending from the mounting portion and fixed to the fan. Four screws extend through the fan to threadedly engage with the fin group. Lower two of the screws also extend through the supporting arms of the supporting bracket whereby the supporting bracket also connects with the fan.

Abstract: A locking device for securing a temperature sensor on a heat sink, includes a support seat and a catch fixed to the heat sink and respectively located at two opposite sides of the sensor, and a tab connecting with the support seat and the catch and pressing the sensor against the heat sink downwardly. The support seat includes a bent sheet secured on the heat sink and a pair of rings. The catch includes a bent flake secured on the heat sink and a barb extending downwardly from the flake. An end of the tab is bent to form a hem pivotably connected to the support seat at a position between the rings. An opposite end of the tab defines an opening, which engages the barb therein to thereby lock with the catch.

Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device for a heat-generating component includes a heat sink, a heat pipe and a heat conductive member. The heat sink includes a plurality of stacked first fins and second fins. Each of the first fins defines an accommodating groove therein. The heat pipe includes an evaporator section, a condenser section and a connecting section interconnecting the evaporator section and the condenser section. The evaporator section thermally connects the heat-generating component. The connecting section extends obliquely from the evaporator section to the first fins. The condenser section is attached to the second fins. The connecting section is accommodated in the accommodating grooves of the first fins, and makes no thermal contact with the first fins. The heat conductive member thermally connects the first fins with the heat-generating component.

Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a fin assembly, a heat pipe, and a protective member. The fin assembly includes stacked fins and air passages between fins. Each fin includes a main body, an extending hole defined in the main body, and a flange extending from the main body around the extending hole. The heat pipe is received in the extending holes of the fins and abuts the flanges of the fins. The protective member includes a plurality pairs of elastic arms. Each pair of elastic arms is sandwiched between a free end of the flange of a corresponding fin and the main body of a corresponding adjacent fin to prevent solder associated with the heat pipe from flowing into the corresponding air passage.

Abstract: An exemplary heat sink assembly includes a base plate, a number of fins, a heat spreader and a heat pipe. The fins are mounted on and thermally connect with the base plate for dissipating heat of the base plate. A bottom one of the fins has a body parallel to the base plate and a number of supporting tabs extending downwardly from the body. The supporting tabs engage with a top surface of the base plate to support the fins onto the base plate and reinforce a whole strength of the heat sink assembly. The heat spreader is mounted below the base plate. The heat pipe includes a horizontal evaporating portion sandwiched between the heat spreader and the base plate and a vertical condensing portion extending from a free end of the evaporation portion and passing through the fins.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink having a base with thermal interface material thereon and a protective cap covering the base. The protective cap includes a body shielding the thermal interface material and sidewalls extending from the body and engaging with a periphery of the base of the heat sink. A rotatable portion is rotatable relative to the body of the protective cap. The rotatable portion includes a base-wall being rotatably connected with the body of the protective cap and a plurality of positioning sides extending from the base-wall and engaging lateral sides of a corner of the base of the heat sink.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device comprises a heat spreader and heat pipe soldered thereon via a heat conducting material. The heat spreader defines a plurality of cavities in an inner side surface thereof, the heat conducting material is received in the cavities, and the heat pipe contacts and is soldered to the inner side surface of the heat spreader.

Abstract: A blind (10) for a projector includes a bracket (20) mounted to the projector, and a folded fin (30) fixed on the bracket and covering a hot air vent of the projector. The folded fin includes a plurality of parallel fins (32) and a plurality of upper and lower tabs (34, 36) interconnecting the fins. Each of the fins defines an angle of 135 degrees with a plane defined by the lower tabs. Furthermore, a projection of each of the fins on the plane defined by the lower tabs overlaps a part of a corresponding adjacent fin. Thus, the blind can prevent a light leakage from the projector, while allow a heated airflow to be expelled out of the projector simultaneously.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a plurality of fins, a plurality of heat pipes connected to the fins in a thermal conductive relationship and a plurality of electric conductors extending through the fins. The fins are stacked together and spaced from each other. The heat pipes are extended through the fins. The electric conductors are electrically connected to the fins to enable consistent metal oxide films to be formed all over surfaces of the fins when anodizing the fins.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base, a fin group on the base, a plurality of heat pipes and a covering fin mounted on a top of the fin group. The base includes a frame and a conducting plate engaging with a bottom of a central portion of the frame. The fin group includes a plurality of fins spaced from each other and horizontally stacked on the base. The heat pipes have evaporating sections sandwiched between the conducting plate and the base and condensing sections extending upwardly from the frame and through the fin group. The condensing sections have top ends located above a top fin of the fin group. The covering fin covers the upper ends of the condensing sections and has a plurality of latching legs extending downwardly therefrom to engage with the top fin.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a plurality of heat pipes extending in the heat sink, a heat-conducting plate attached to the heat pipes, and a mounting member located between the heat sink and the heat-conducting plate and firmly securing the heat pipes to the heat-conducting plate. The mounting member includes a mounting base and a mounting board mounting on the mounting base. The heat pipes extending through the mounting base are received in the heat-conducting plate. The mounting board spanning the mounting base and the heat pipes press the heat pipes towards the heat-conducting plate via fasteners extending through the mounting base and screwing in the mounting board, whereby the heat pipes have an intimate contact with the heat-conducting plate.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a plurality of fins stacked together, a plurality of heat pipes extending through the fins, and solder filled in gaps between the fins and the heat pipes. Each fin includes a plate defining a plurality of holes therein for extension of the heat pipes therethrough, respectively. A collar extends from a periphery of each of the holes. The collar includes a columned portion attached to an outer surface of each of the heat pipes, and a taper portion interconnecting the plate and the columned portion. The solder fills in a gap between the columned portion and a corresponding heat pipe and a space between the taper portion and the corresponding heat pipe. The collar has a height slightly smaller than a distance between two adjacent fins.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device adapted for dissipating heat from a heat-generating electronic element, includes a plurality of fins assembled together. Each of the fins has a rectangular body and four arch-shaped flanges extending from edges of the body to form four round corners in four corners of the body. Each main body of the fins defines a plurality of locking members thereon to engage with corresponding locking members of a corresponding front fin. The arch-shaped flanges in four respective corners of the fins cooperate with each other to form four arced faces in four corners of the assembled fins along an entire length of the assembled fins.