Heat sink
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The broken lines in the drawing illustrate portions of the heat sink that form no part of the claimed design
The article of the present design relates to a heat sink for an electronic component and other sources are operating at excessively high temperatures in open/closed area in automotive industry, such as a Head-up Display (HUD) for a vehicle. The HUD has a light source to project an image or graphics on a windshield of the vehicle. The heat sink includes a bottom plate and a plurality of fins arranged parallel to the vehicle moving direction on the bottom plate. It will extract more heat at the time of acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle. The bottom plate is configured to be attached to the light source and prevent the light source from operating at excessively high temperatures. The typical fin structure gains the surface area and improves the efficiency of heat exchange.
Claims
The ornamental design for a heat sink, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 1, 2015
Date of Patent: Aug 1, 2017
Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc. (Southfield, MI)
Inventor: Rajagopal Kenchappa (Farmington, MI)
Primary Examiner: Jennifer Rivard
Assistant Examiner: April Rivas
Application Number: 29/532,048