US 6,802,362 B2 · Fin with elongated hole and heat pipe with elongated cross section

Abstract

An assembly includes a heat pipe and one or more fins. The heat pipe has an envelope with two elongated flat sides and two curved portions connecting the flat sides. The elongated sides have a length that is substantially greater than the radius of curvature of the curved portions. Each fin comprises a plate. The plate has a hole through it. The hole is sized to accommodate the envelope. The hole has two elongated flat sides and two curved portions connecting the flat sides. The elongated sides have a length that is substantially greater than a radius of curvature of the curved portions. The plate has at least one collar portion adjacent to the hole. The collar portion extends approximately in a direction normal to the plate. The collar portion is sized so as to accommodate the method of attachment of the fin to the envelope.

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Dependent claims

A fin comprising a plate,

said plate having a hole therethrough, the hole being defined by two elongated flat sides of said plate and two curved portions connecting the flat sides, the elongated sides having a length that is substantially greater than a radius of curvature of the curved portions,
said plate having two collar portions adjacent to the hole, the collar portions extending approximately in a direction normal to said plate, wherein the two collar portions are separated from one another by a pair of slots each being centrally defined in a respective one of said two curved portions of said plate.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Fin with elongated hole and heat pipe with elongated cross section

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Fin with elongated hole and heat pipe with elongated cross section

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Abstract

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