# US 10,371,458 B2 · Thermal conducting structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,458 B2 - Document ID: US10371458B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/352,804 - Filed: 2016-11-16 - Published: 2017-10-12 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-07 - Assignees: Cooler Master Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Cooler Master Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chien-Hung Sun; Te-Hsuan Chin; Lei-Lei Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371458B2 ## CPC - F28D 15/046: {characterised by the material or the construction of the capillary structure} - F28D 15/0233: {the conduits having a particular shape, e.g. non-circular cross-section, annular (F28D15/0241, F28D15/0266 take precedence)} - F28F 9/001: {Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core} - F28F 9/0075: {Supports for plates or plate assemblies} - F28D 15/0275: {Arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with base blocks; Heat pipe cores} - F28D 2021/0028: {for cooling heat generating elements, e.g. for cooling electronic components or electric devices} - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) - F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16) ## Abstract A thermal conducting structure includes a vapor chamber and at least one heat pipe. The vapor chamber has a casing with a through hole formed on a side of the casing, and a chamber defined inside the casing and communicated with the through hole and having a metal mesh covered on an inner wall of the chamber. The heat pipe has a tubular body and an opening formed at an end of the tubular body, and the tubular body is connected to the through hole, and a cavity is defined inside the tubular body. A capillary member is covered onto an inner wall of the cavity. The metal mesh is passed out from the opening to connect the capillary member. The metal mesh is used as a capillary structure, and the vapor chamber and heat pipe are used together to provide a better cooling efficiency. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A thermal conducting structure, comprising: a vapor chamber, including a casing with at least one through hole formed on a side of the casing, a chamber defined inside the casing and communicated with the at least one through hole, and a capillary member covered onto an inner wall of the chamber; and at least one heat pipe, including a tubular body and an opening formed on a side of the tubular body, and the tubular body being passed and coupled to the at least one through hole by an end of the opening, and a cavity being defined inside the tubular body, and a metal mesh being covered onto an inner wall of the tubular body; wherein, the metal mesh extends out from the opening to connect the capillary member, wherein the casing includes a first casing member and a second casing member, and the second casing member has a plurality of prop columns disposed on an inner bottom wall of the chamber, and the capillary member has a plurality of penetrating holes which are through holes, and the prop columns are passed through the penetrating holes and abutted against and in contact with the first casing member at an inner top wall in the chamber, wherein the metal mesh includes a capillary body and a capillary extension coupled to the capillary body, and the capillary extension has a vertical bend disposed at a junction of the capillary body and the capillary extension, and the capillary extension is extended into the chamber to attach the capillary member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the inner wall of the tubular body is completely covered by the metal mesh. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein any one of the first casing member and the second casing member has a peripheral fence portion to form an inner peripheral wall of the chamber, and the capillary member is covered completely onto the inner bottom wall, the inner peripheral wall and the inner top wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the capillary member further includes an outer peripheral wall completely covered onto the prop columns. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the capillary member is one selected from a group consisting of a metal mesh, a fiber, a sintered powder and a groove. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the metal mesh is made of one selected from a group consisting of copper, aluminum and stainless steel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The thermal conducting structure of claim 3, wherein the at least one through hole is formed at the peripheral fence portion and the at least one heat pipe is configured to be parallel to the vapor chamber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The thermal conducting structure of claim 7, wherein the at least one heat pipe and the at least one through hole come with plural quantities respectively, and the heat pipes are disposed on the same side of the vapor chamber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The thermal conducting structure of claim 7, wherein the at least one heat pipe and the at least one through hole come with plural quantities respectively, and the heat pipes are disposed on different sides of the vapor chamber. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the at least one through hole is disposed on an outer wall of the first casing member, and the at least one heat pipe is configured to be perpendicular to the vapor chamber. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the at least one heat pipe is a round tube structure or a round flat tube structure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein the tubular body has an end of the opening passed and coupled to the at least one through hole and partially extended into the chamber. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The thermal conducting structure of claim 1, wherein a height of an inner space formed by the capillary body is smaller than a height of an inner space formed by the capillary extension, and the height of the inner space formed by the capillary extension is smaller than a height of an inner space formed by the capillary member.