Cooling element
AssigneeThermal Channel Technologies Oy
InventorsVesa Pentikäinen, Kimmo Jokelainen
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Abstract
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooling element comprising a profile comprising a fitting end, a sleeve having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein an inner diameter of the sleeve is greater at the leading edge than at the trailing edge, and a base comprising a collar defining an aperture, wherein the fitting end of the profile is arranged around the collar, and the sleeve is arranged around the fitting end of the profile and apply radial force thereto.
Claims19
A cooling element comprising:
- a profile comprising a fitting end.
- a sleeve having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein an inner diameter of the sleeve is greater at the leading edge than at the trailing edge, and
- a base comprising a collar defining an aperture,
- wherein the fitting end of the profile is arranged around the collar, and the sleeve is arranged around the fitting end of the profile and apply radial force thereto.
A method for forming a heat pipe structure to a base of a cooling element comprising:
- providing the base,
- providing a profile comprising a fitting end,
- placing the fitting end of the profile against the base,
- providing a sleeve having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein an inner diameter of the sleeve is greater at the leading edge than at the trailing edge,
- arranging the sleeve around the profile, and
- moving the sleeve along the profile to surround the fitting end for applying radial force to the fitting end for compressing the fitting end against the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.