Heat pipe mounting method and heat pipe assembly thereof
OwnerTsung-Hsien Huanginventor
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Abstract
A heat pipe mounting method and a heat pipe assembly thereof are disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a heat-transfer block and a plurality of heat pipes. A plurality of heat pipe grooves is formed on the heat-transfer block. The heat pipes are then press-fitted to respective heat pipe grooves. During the press-fitting step, the heat pipes are flattened to force the flattened part of one heat pipe into abutment against the flattened part of another heat pipe in a flushed manner. Thereby, the heat pipes are abutted to each other with no separation therebetween. Hence, the heat transfer performance is increased.
Claims16
A heat pipe assembly, comprising:
- a heat-transfer block having a surface, a plurality of closely arranged heat pipe grooves formed on the surface, a plurality of supporting ribs each formed between two consecutive ones of the heat pipe grooves, and a tip portion formed on each of the supporting ribs;
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- a plurality of heat pipes press-fitted into respective heat pipe grooves, an abutting portion being formed on each of the heat pipes along each tip portion of the adjacent supporting rib, the abutting portions of consecutive ones of the heat pipes are flushed against one another.
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