Device for cooling, in particular, electronic components

Abstract

A device for cooling, in particular for cooling electronic components, in particular a processor unit, having an evaporator for absorbing heat in a coolant, in particular through evaporation, having a gas cooler for cooling the coolant, in particular through condensation, having a first coolant conduit for the communicating connection of an evaporator outlet to a gas cooler inlet, and having a second coolant conduit for the communicating connection of a gas cooler outlet to an evaporator inlet, the first coolant conduit is plugged onto the evaporator outlet and/or is plugged into the gas cooler inlet with an excess length, and in that the second coolant conduit is plugged onto the gas cooler outlet and/or is plugged into the evaporator inlet with an excess length.

1 . A device for cooling, in particular for cooling electronic components, in particular a processor unit, comprising: an evaporator for absorbing heat in a coolant, in particular through evaporation; a gas cooler for cooling the coolant, in particular through condensation; a first coolant conduit for the communicating connection of an evaporator outlet to a gas cooler inlet; and a second coolant conduit for the communicating connection of a gas cooler outlet to an evaporator inlet, the first coolant conduit being plugged onto the evaporator outlet and/or is plugged into the gas cooler inlet with an excess length, and in that the second coolant conduit is plugged onto the gas cooler outlet and/or is plugged into the evaporator inlet with an excess length. 
   
   
       2 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the gas cooler or the evaporator has a distributing reservoir and a collecting reservoir the gas cooler inlet or evaporator inlet being situated on the distributing reservoir and the gas cooler outlet or evaporator outlet being situated on the collecting reservoir, and the distributing reservoir and the collecting reservoir having pipe openings into which coolant pipes are plugged or onto which coolant pipes are plugged, the coolant pipes being fashioned in particular as flat pipes having corrugated ribs situated between them. 
   
   
       3 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the evaporator outlet or the gas cooler outlet has an outwardly protruding collar onto which a pipe end of the first or second coolant conduit is plugged, the outer dimensions, such as the outer diameter, of the collar corresponding to the inner dimensions, such as the inner diameter, of the pipe end. 
   
   
       4 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the pipe end of the first or second coolant conduit is widened relative to the other (first or, respectively, second) coolant conduit, so that the inner diameter of the collar essentially corresponds to or is larger than an inner diameter of the other (first or, respectively, second) coolant conduit. 
   
   
       5 . The device as recited in  claim 2 , characterized in that the distributing reservoir and/or the collecting reservoir is fashioned so as to be pipe-shaped, in particular cylindrical. 
   
   
       6 . The device as recited in  claim 5 , characterized in that the first or the second coolant conduit is plugged into the pipe-shaped distributing reservoir at a front side. 
   
   
       7 . The device as recited in  claim 5 , characterized in that the first or second coolant conduit is plugged into the pipe-shaped distributing reservoir at a longitudinal side. 
   
   
       8 . The device as recited in  claim 5 , characterized in that the first or second coolant conduit is plugged onto the pipe-shaped collecting reservoir at a front side. 
   
   
       9 . The device as recited in  claim 5 , characterized in that the first or second coolant conduit is plugged onto the pipe-shaped collecting reservoir at a longitudinal side. 
   
   
       10 . The device as recited in  claim 5 , characterized in that the pipe openings are situated on the longitudinal side of the pipe-shaped distributing reservoir or collecting reservoir. 
   
   
       11 . The device as recited in  claim 5 , characterized in that the first or second coolant conduit opens into the distributing reservoir or collecting reservoir essentially opposite the pipe openings. 
   
   
       12 . The device as recited in  claim 2 , characterized in that the first or second coolant conduit opens into the distributing reservoir or collecting reservoir essentially at a right angle to the pipe openings. 
   
   
       13 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the device has a conveyor device, such as a blower, for conducting a medium, in particular a gas, in particular cooling air, through the gas cooler. 
   
   
       14 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the device is provided for assembly in or on a heat-emitting component in such a way that the gas cooler is situated geodetically higher than the evaporator, so that the coolant flows automatically, through evaporation, from the evaporator to the gas cooler, and after condensation flows from the gas cooler to the evaporator. 
   
   
       15 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the gas cooler inlet is situated geodetically above the gas cooler outlet. 
   
   
       16 . The device as recited in  claim 2 , characterized in that the gas cooler inlet is situated at a geodetically upper end of the gas cooler or distributing reservoir. 
   
   
       17 . The device as recited in  claim 2 , characterized in that the gas cooler outlet is situated at a geodetically lower end of the gas cooler or of the collecting reservoir. 
   
   
       18 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the evaporator outlet is situated geodetically above the evaporator inlet. 
   
   
       19 . The device as recited in  claim 2 , characterized in that the evaporator inlet is situated at a geodetically lower end of the evaporator or of the distributing reservoir. 
   
   
       20 . The device as recited in  claim 2 , characterized in that the evaporator outlet is situated at a geodetically upper end of the evaporator or of the collecting reservoir. 
   
   
       21 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , characterized in that the evaporator is provided for assembly on a heat-emitting component.