KR100600741B1 - Internet refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an internet refrigerator equipped with a detachable client web pad, comprising: a refrigerator main body provided with a first heat sink for conducting internal cold air, and a heat generated by an attached chipset that is detachable to an appearance of the refrigerator main body; Including the client web pad is provided with a second heat sink coupled to the first heat sink to be discharged, at the same time to perform the cooling of the web pad effectively using the cooling system of the refrigerator body without a separate web pad cooling system, The stability of the web pad may be improved by preventing efficiency degradation and system performance degradation due to heat generation of the web pad.

Web Pad, Heat Sink, Internet Refrigerator

Description

Internet refrigerator {Internet refrigerator}             

1 is a front view of a typical internet refrigerator,

2 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional internet refrigerator,

3A is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of an internet refrigerator of the present invention;

3b is a sectional view of a second embodiment of an internet refrigerator of the present invention;

3C is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the Internet refrigerator of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

100: refrigerator body 110: first heat sink

120: cold passage 200: client web pad

210: second heat sink 220: main board

221: chipset 230: display panel

The present invention relates to an internet refrigerator, and in particular, in an internet refrigerator using a detachable display device as a client device, a separate cooling system is provided by forming a web pad contact portion of a client web pad and a main body of the refrigerator as a heat sink. The present invention relates to an internet refrigerator capable of effectively heating the web pad by using the cold air of the refrigerator, and improving the stability of the web pad by preventing a decrease in system efficiency and performance degradation due to the web pad heating.

Recently, as the penetration rate of the Internet increases, the use of the Internet network through electronic products other than computers is increasing. In other words, as the Internet network can be accessed through portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and PDAs, the number of Internet users is increasing, and household appliances capable of using the Internet for housewives in general homes are being spread.

Also, as a plurality of home appliances provided in a home are connected to a home network network, and the home network network is connected to an external internet network, a remote controller connected to the internet network may control the plurality of home appliances.

To this end, as an input unit such as a display unit and a touch pad is installed on the exterior of a refrigerator accessible to the internet network, the user can check the state of the Internet screen and the home appliance. This is illustrated in FIG. 1.

In this case, the display unit is detachable from the Internet refrigerator main body 10, and implemented as a touch panel, an input unit and an output unit for interfacing with a user to perform control and status monitoring of the home appliance connected through the Internet refrigerator and the Internet network. An additional integrated web pad 20 is generally used.

The web pad 20 displays a control signal for transmitting an input received from the user to control the home appliance connected to the Internet network to the Internet refrigerator main body 10, the home appliance control result and the network connection state from the Internet refrigerator main body. A main board 21 having a chipset 22 for receiving data and converting it into an output signal for display on a pad 23 is provided.

Here, the chipset 22 is a processor for controlling data transmission / reception with the Internet refrigerator main body 10 and input / output signals on the pad 23. As the data throughput increases, the main board 21 is used in addition to the chipset. And a heat sink 21 'for cooling the heat emitted by the operation of the chipset.

In particular, as the function of the Internet refrigerator expands, the amount of data to be processed by the chipset 22 increases, and as the high-performance, highly integrated chipset is used, the heat emitted by the operation of the chipset increases further, The increase in temperature increases, which increases the possibility of malfunction of the chipset.

However, in the related art, the number of heat sinks attached to the main board 21 is limited by using the method of attaching the heat sink 21 'to the upper side of the chipset 22 having a large amount of heat generation, especially in the case of a small chipset. Because it can not be attached, the heat sink performance is reduced compared to the heat generation amount of the chipset.

In addition, as the main board is mounted in the case 20 'of the web pad 20, there is a problem in that all of the heat absorbed by the heat sink 21' cannot be released to the outside.

In order to solve this problem, a method of increasing the height of the heat sink 21 'may be used, but as the height of the heat sink is increased, the height of the web pad 20 is increased, which causes the Internet refrigerator main body 10 to increase. Since the web pad needs to be formed deep in the mounting portion, space efficiency is inferior.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of the Internet refrigerator using a removable display device as a client device, the portion of the web pad attached to the client web pad and the refrigerator body It is possible to effectively heat the web pad by using the cold air of the refrigerator without having a separate cooling system by forming a heat sink, and improve the stability of the web pad by preventing the decrease in system efficiency and performance caused by the heat of the web pad. It is to provide an internet refrigerator.

According to a feature of the Internet refrigerator according to the present invention for solving the above problems, the refrigerator main body is provided with a first heat sink for conducting the internal cold air, and the heat generated by the installed chipset detachable to the exterior of the refrigerator body And a client web pad having a second heat sink coupled to the first heat sink so as to be discharged.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 3A is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of the Internet refrigerator of the present invention, FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment of the Internet refrigerator of the present invention, and FIG. 3C is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the Internet refrigerator of the present invention.

The Internet refrigerator 100 of the present invention is a device connected to a network to control and manage a plurality of client devices, and among operation states such as operation standby / operation progress / operation completion of a plurality of client devices and unique functions of each client device. Stores detailed information such as detailed control of activated function and manages it.

In addition, the client web pad 200 of the present invention is detachable or attachable to the Internet refrigerator 100, and performs data communication with the Internet refrigerator by wireless to display the data transmitted from the Internet refrigerator, When attached to the external appearance of the Internet refrigerator is used as a display unit attached to the Internet refrigerator, when used as a detached client device.

To this end, the client web pad 200 has a main board 220 for controlling the flow of various data input and output from the client web pad, as shown in Figure 3a and 3b, the main board from the user The chipset 221 is configured to generate a control command received for controlling the operation of a client device connected to a network and an output signal for displaying a control result or network connection state of the client device.

In addition, the display panel 230 for displaying the control result and the network connection state of the client device is disposed on the front of the client web pad 200, the panel may be implemented as a touch panel for receiving a touch input.

The client web pad 200 is attached to the front surface of the chipset 221 and includes second heat sinks 210 and 201 ′ for dissipating heat emitted from the chipset to the outside.

Here, the second heat sinks 210 and 210 ′ are media that allow heat generated from the chipset to be conducted as the second heat sinks 210 and 210 ′ are disposed to face the rear surface of the main board 220 on which the chipset 221 having high heat generation is mounted. Is directed toward the Internet refrigerator body 100.

Unlike the heat sink 21 'which is attached only to a chipset having a large amount of heat generation, the second heat sinks 210 and 210' are attached to the entirety of one or more chipsets 221 attached to the main board 220. Its larger area allows for greater amounts of heat absorption and release.

In addition, the Internet refrigerator main body 100 has first heat sinks 110 and 110 'attached to a contact portion with the client web pad 200 so that the refrigerator cool air is conducted and coupled with the second heat sinks 210 and 210'. It is provided.

The first heat sink (110, 110 ') is a medium that is coupled to the second heat sink (210, 210') to conduct heat generated from the chipset, the front is coupled to the body contact portion and the back is the Internet refrigerator body It is arranged to face 100.

Accordingly, the second heat sinks 210 and 210 'and the first heat sinks 110 and 110' are made of a copper or aluminum plate having a high thermal conductivity to effectively absorb heat emitted from the chipset. 210 and 210 'and the materials of the first heat sinks 110 and 110' are not limited thereto.

Particularly, as the rear surfaces of the first heat sinks 110 and 110 ′ come into contact with the cold air passage 120 through which the cold air of the refrigerator passes, heat emitted from the chipset 221 through the cold air moved through the cold air passage is transferred. Is cooled.

Accordingly, the heat absorbed by the second heat sinks 210 and 210 'is cooled by the cold air passing through the cold air passage 120 through the first heat sinks 110 and 110' to provide a separate cooling system. The heat treatment of the client web pad 200 can be performed efficiently without having.

The first heat sinks 110 and 110 ′ and the second heat sinks 210 and 210 ′ are points at which heat and cold are in thermal equilibrium, and the heat and cold air passages 120 generated by the chipset 221 are separated from each other. Dew condensation occurs due to the temperature difference between the cold air passing through, and thus moisture is transferred to the rear surface of the chipset to prevent malfunction of the chipset and weakening of the adhesion between the heat sinks A and B. Is processed.

In the case of a heat sink attached to a conventional chipset, as the heat sink is attached to the case 20 'of the web pad, the heat absorbed by the heat sink is not effectively released by the case.

In contrast, the client web pad 200 according to the present invention has a structure in which the second heat sinks 210 and 210 'are exposed to the outside, so that the client web pad 200 is detached from the Internet refrigerator main body 100. This allows efficient heat dissipation even when operating as a standalone device.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3A, the first heat sink 110 and the second heat sink 210 increase the contact area to increase heat dissipation absorbed by the chipset 221 and at the same time the client web pad 200 In the first embodiment, the side cross-sections of the Internet refrigerator main body 100 are configured to have a U shape so as to engage with each other.

At this time, the second heat sink 210 has a U-shaped side cross-section is embossed, the first heat sink 110 may be formed as an embossed (not shown) as shown in Figure 3a.

In the second embodiment of the Internet refrigerator according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3B, side cross-sections of the first heat sink 110 ′ and the second heat sink 210 ′ have a shape of <, and the second heat sink Is embossed, and the first heat sink may be embossed or embossed (not shown) as shown in FIG. 3B.

That is, since the first heat sinks 110 and 110 'may be embossed or engraved as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the first heat sinks 110 and 110' and the second heat sinks 210 and 210 'may be formed. ) Is not limited to this specification and can be configured in various combinations by the producer.

In addition, when the client web pad 200 is detached from the Internet refrigerator main body 100, the first heat sink (110, 110 ′) is further covered so as to cover the front 130 as shown in Figure 3c It is configured and referred to as the third embodiment.

The shade 130 is configured to be opened and closed according to the movement up and down as shown in Figure 3c or can be configured to be opened and closed according to the movement left and right, which is not limited to this specification.

In addition, as the shade 130 is further configured to include a handle 131 as shown in Figure 3c the user can easily open and close the shade.

While the Internet refrigerator according to the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated drawings, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein, and may be applied within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. have.

The Internet refrigerator of the present invention configured as described above is a part where the client web pad and the web pad of the refrigerator main body come into contact with each other without applying a separate cooling system to heat generated due to the installation of a high performance chipset on the client pad detachable from the internet refrigerator. By forming a heat sink to cool the heat emitted from the web pad by using the cold air of the refrigerator, it is effective in providing a stable system by extending the life of the client pad and preventing malfunction.

Claims (11)

A refrigerator body provided with a first heat sink through which internal cold air is conducted; And a client web pad detachable from an exterior of the refrigerator body and provided with a second heat sink coupled to the first heat sink to dissipate heat generated from the mounted chipset. The method of claim 1, The first heat sink and the second heat sink is an internet refrigerator, characterized in that composed of any one of copper and aluminum plate. The method of claim 2, The first heat sink and the second heat sink, Internet refrigerator characterized in that the dehumidification treatment on the surface to prevent the dew condensation caused by the temperature difference between the first heat sink and the second heat sink. The method of claim 1, The first heat sink is an Internet refrigerator, characterized in that the U-shaped coupling surface is embossed. The method of claim 1, The second heat sink is an Internet refrigerator, characterized in that the U-shaped coupling surface is embossed. The method of claim 1, The first heat sink is an Internet refrigerator, characterized in that the U-shaped coupling surface is formed intaglio. The method of claim 1, The first heat sink is an Internet refrigerator, characterized in that the <shaped coupling surface is embossed. The method of claim 1, The second heat sink is an Internet refrigerator, characterized in that <-shaped coupling surface is embossed. The method of claim 1, The first heat sink is a refrigerator, characterized in that the <-coupling surface is formed in an intaglio. The method of claim 1, The first heat sink is the Internet refrigerator, characterized in that the back contact with the cold air passage through which the cold air of the refrigerator main body circulates. The method of claim 1, The refrigerator main body further comprises a shield on the front side so that the second heat sink is blocked when the web pad is detached.

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