Cooler assembly

Abstract

A cooler assembly having cross-directional ventilation effect and increased heat conducting surface area is disclosed. The cooler assembly has a heat sink and a plurality of fins. The heat sink has an air circulating channel open therethrough, and each of the fins has a slot allowing the fin mounted across the heat sink, and a contact pair that separate the neighboring fins with spaces.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A cooler assembly, comprising: 
 a heat sink, having an air circulating channel formed therethrough; and    a plurality of fins, each having a slot recessed from a bottom edge thereof and at least one contact part protruding therefrom, wherein the fins are stacked together and mounted across the heat sink via the slot, and the neighboring fins are separated from each other by the contact parts.    
     
     
         2 . The cooler assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the air circulating channel is recessed from a top surface of the heat sink and penetrating through the heat sink along an elongate direction of the heat sink.  
     
     
         3 . The cooler assembly of  claim 2 , wherein each fin is mounted across two side surfaces of the heat sink.  
     
     
         4 . The cooler assembly of  claim 1 , wherein each slot opens downwardly.  
     
     
         5 . The cooler assembly of  claim 4 , wherein two side surfaces of each slot comprise a pair of flanges for soldering or adhering the fins to the heat sink.  
     
     
         6 . The cooler assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a fastening device in the air circulating channel.  
     
     
         7 . The cooler assembly of  claim 6 , wherein two ends of the fastening device are latched with a device socket in which a heat generating device is plugged, and the heat generating device is disposed between the heat sink and the device socket.  
     
     
         8 . The cooler assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the heat sink has a substantially trapezoid cross sectional profile, and each of the fins has a substantially inverse trapezoid profile.  
     
     
         9 . The cooler assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the air circulating channel opens upwardly and penetrate through the heat sink, and the fins are mounted across the side surfaces of the heat sink, and the slot of each fin opens downward and has a geometry mating the cross sectional profile of the heat sink.  
     
     
         10 . The cooler assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the slot is corresponsive with the air circulating channel.  
     
     
         11 . A cooler assembly, including a plurality of stacked fins mounted across a heat sink, each of the fins having a slot opening downwardly, and the heat sink comprising a through air circulating channel open upwardly.