# US 11,910,574 B2 · Heat dissipation unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,574 B2 - Document ID: US11910574B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/137,323 - Filed: 2020-12-29 - Published: 2021-07-22 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-05 - Assignees: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kuo-Chun Hsieh; Wei-Te Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910574B2 ## CPC - H05K 7/20509: {Multiple-component heat spreaders; Multi-component heat-conducting support plates; Multi-component non-closed heat-conducting structures} - F28D 15/0233: {the conduits having a particular shape, e.g. non-circular cross-section, annular (F28D15/0241, F28D15/0266 take precedence)} - F28D 15/046: {characterised by the material or the construction of the capillary structure} - G06F 1/203: {for portable computers, e.g. for laptops} - H05K 7/20336: {Heat pipes, e.g. wicks or capillary pumps} - H05K 7/20436: {Inner thermal coupling elements in heat dissipating housings, e.g. protrusions or depressions integrally formed in the housing} - H10W 40/73: for cooling by change of state - G06F 2200/201: Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - 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) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract A heat dissipation unit includes a main body having a first and a second plate member, which are closed to each other to together define an airtight chamber in between them. A working fluid is filled in the airtight chamber. A first wick structure layer and a holding-down member are provided between the first and the second plate member and received in the airtight chamber. The holding-down member is located above the first wick structure layer, such that the first wick structure layer is held down by the holding-down member to be closely and flatly attached to the second plate member without warping. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A heat dissipation unit comprising: a main body including a first plate member and a second plate member closed to each other to together define an airtight chamber in between them; a working fluid being filled in the airtight chamber; a first wick structure layer; and a holding-down member provided between the first and the second plate member in the airtight chamber and located above the first wick structure layer, such that the first wick structure is planarly and completely held down and flattened by the holding-down member to be completely and flatly attached to the second plate member, without sintering, diffusion bonding, or welding, wherein the holding-down member has a first side, an opposite second side, a plurality of perforations perpendicularly formed and extending between the first side with the second side, and a plurality of grooves formed on one or both of the first and second sides and connecting the perforations with each other, the holding-down member is a non-wick structure, and an upper side of the holding-down member is attached to the first plate member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second plate member are made of a material selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, stainless steel, ceramic, titanium, and a titanium alloy; and wherein the holding-down member is made of a metal or a non-metal material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein any one of the first and the second plate member is provided on one side surface with a second wick structure layer; and the second wick structure layer being selected from the group consisting of a powder-sintered structure, a mesh-like structure, a plurality of grooves, and a fibrous structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the perforations have a shape selected from the group consisting of a round, a square, a polygonal and any other geometrical shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the perforations provided on the holding-down member are distributed and arranged in a manner selected from the group consisting of a regular array and an irregular array. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the perforations provided on the holding-down member are distributed and arranged to be either adjacent to one another or non-adjacent to one another. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wick structure layer is selected from the group consisting of a powder-sintered structure, a woven mesh structure, a corrugated plate, and a plate with a plurality of grooves. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the material for making the holding-down member being the metal material selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, titanium, a titanium alloy, and stainless steel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The heat dissipation unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the material for making the holding-down member being the non-metal material selected from the group consisting of a graphite material, a ceramic material and a polymeric material.