Helical fin design by additive manufacturing of metal for enhanced heat sink for electronics cooling

Inventors

David Huitink, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Bakhtiyar Mohammad Nafis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Reece Whitt

Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

7-20-2021

Abstract

A heat sink and method of making the same. The heat sink having one or more helical fins. The helical fins configured such that the pressure field on either side of the fin is asymmetric.

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Patent Number

US11071234

Application Number

US 20200137921 A1

Application Published

4-30-2020

Application Filed

10-29-2019

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Comments

David Huitink, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Bakhtiyar Mohammad Nafis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Citation

Huitink, D., Nafis, B. M., & Whitt, R. (2021). Helical fin design by additive manufacturing of metal for enhanced heat sink for electronics cooling. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/408