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US 11,231,235 B2Granted
Vapor chamber
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorTakuo Wakaoka
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Abstract
A vapor chamber that includes a housing defining an internal space, a first pillar arranged in the internal space of the housing to support the housing from the internal space, a working medium enclosed in the internal space of the housing, and a wick arranged in the internal space of the housing, the wick having a portion of a first main surface thereof supported by the first pillar so as to be spaced from the housing, and a thickness of the wick is partially different along a cross-section thereof.
Claims15
A vapor chamber comprising:
- a housing defining an internal space;
- a first pillar arranged in the internal space of the housing to support the housing from the internal space;
- a working medium enclosed in the internal space of the housing;
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- a wick arranged in the internal space of the housing, the wick having a portion of a first main surface thereof supported by the first pillar so as to be spaced from the housing, and a thickness of the wick is partially different along a cross-section thereof,
- wherein the wick comprises a plurality of mesh layers, and the plurality of mesh layers overlap with each other in at least a part of the wick, and
- wherein a first portion of the wick along a first part of the outer edge portions contains only a first mesh layer of the plurality of mesh layers, and a second portion of the wick along a second part of the outer edge portions contains only a second mesh layer of the plurality of mesh layers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.