Heat pipe structure
AssigneesInventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
InventorsYi-Lun CHENG, Chih-Kai YANG, Meng-Lung CHIANG
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Abstract
A heat pipe structure is used for cooling a heat source. The heat pipe structure includes a sleeve tube and a shaft. The sleeve tube includes an inner wall. The sleeve tube has a trench on the inner wall. The trench is at an outlet end of the sleeve tube. The trench extends in a circumferential direction of the sleeve tube. The shaft is connected to the heat source. The shaft is inserted into the sleeve tube from the outlet end such that the shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve tube. The trench surrounds the shaft.
Claims10
A heat pipe structure for cooling a heat source, comprising:
- a sleeve tube comprising an inner wall, wherein the sleeve tube has a trench on the inner wall, the trench is at an outlet end of the sleeve tube, and the trench extends in a circumferential direction of the sleeve tube;
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- a shaft connected to the heat source, wherein the shaft is inserted into the sleeve tube from the outlet end such that the shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve tube, and the trench surrounds the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.