# US 12,760,971 B2 · Three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure

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- Number: US 12,760,971 B2
- Document ID: US12760971B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/892,322
- Filed: 2024-09-20
- Published: 2026-02-26
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2024-08-20
- Assignees: Taiwan Microloops Corp.
- Applicants: Taiwan Microloops Corp.
- Inventors: Chun-Hung Lin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12760971B2

## CPC

- F28D 15/0266: {with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers (F28D15/043 takes precedence)}
- F28D 15/04: with tubes having a capillary structure
- 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)

## Abstract

A three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure includes a housing, heat pipes, a capillary member, and a working fluid. The housing includes a first shell plate and a second shell plate, creating a cavity between them. The second shell plate is equipped with through-holes, each through-hole surrounded by a recessed groove. The heat pipes, which each include an open end equipped with a flange, extend through the through-holes with the flanges received in the recessed grooves. The heat pipes are joined to the second shell plate through the flanges and weldments inside the recessed grooves. The capillary member is installed within the cavity and adhered to the housing. The working fluid is contained within the cavity.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure, comprising:
a housing, comprising a first shell plate and a second shell plate hermetically sealed with each other, wherein a cavity is defined between the first shell plate and the second shell plate, the second shell plate comprises a plurality of through-holes, and each of the through-holes is surrounded by a recessed groove;
a plurality of heat pipes, respectively inserted in the through-holes, each of the heat pipes comprising an open end, a flange disposed on each of the open ends, the flange received in the recessed groove, wherein each of the heat pipes is joined to the second shell plate through the flange and a weldment in the recessed groove;
a capillary member, disposed in the cavity and adhered to the housing; and
a working fluid, contained in the cavity;
wherein the recessed groove comprises an inner peripheral surface, the flange comprises an outer peripheral surface, and the weldment formed by laser welding is disposed between the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface;
wherein the second shell plate comprises a top plate, a protrusion is positioned higher than an outer surface of the top plate and is disposed corresponding to the recessed groove, and a ring wall extends upward from the protrusion;
wherein a lower surface of the flange is coplanar with or lower than an inner surface of the top plate of the second shell plate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure according to claim 1, wherein the flange extends from the open end of the heat pipe, and the flange is perpendicular to a centerline of the heat pipe.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure according to claim 1, each of the heat pipes passes through the ring wall.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure according to claim 3, further comprising a sealing layer disposed between each of the heat pipes and the ring wall.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure according to claim 4, wherein the sealing layer is formed by soft soldering or brazing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The three-dimensional vapor chamber bonding structure according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of support columns, each of the support columns disposed at intervals in the cavity and extending vertically between the first shell plate and the second shell plate.