US 6,782,942 B1 · Tabular heat pipe structure having support bodies

Abstract

A tabular heat pipe structure with support bodies has a housing, working fluid received in the housing and support bodies. The top and bottom faces of the support bodies are zigzag faces having a plurality of contact points. The support bodies use these contact points to adhere to the housing by means of welding. The tabular heat pipe structure is uniform and intact, has a high rigidity, will not cave in and deform due to back pressure in the heat pipe, and will not let the housing separate from the support bodies because of expansion at high temperatures. Therefore, the tabular heat pipe structure has the advantages like a better heat-conducting characteristic, a smaller contact heat resistance, a simple processing procedure, a quick manufacturing speed, a lower cost, and a simple and stable operation of flat adhesion.

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Dependent claims

A tabular heat pipe structure having support bodies, comprising:

a housing, said housing being composed of an upper shell body and a lower shell body, said upper shell body having a downward opening comprising a flat bottom and a wall extending from a periphery of said bottom, said lower shell body having an upward opening corresponding to said downward opening of said upper shell body, said upward opening comprising a flat bottom and a wall extending from the periphery of said bottom of said lower shell body, and said bottom of said upper shell body being slightly smaller than said bottom of said lower shell body so that said upper shell body can be tightly covered in said lower shell body;
a working fluid received in said housing;
and
a plurality of support bodies, wherein upper and lower faces of each of said support bodies have zigzag faces with a plurality of contact points, said contact points being used to respectively adhere said support bodies to said housing by means of welding.

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Tabular heat pipe structure having support bodies

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Tabular heat pipe structure having support bodies

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Abstract

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