Flat heat pipe and fabrication method thereof
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorSeok Hwan Moon
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Abstract
Disclosed are a flat heat pipe which has a structure integrated with a heat sink, and a facilitated fabrication method thereof. The flat heat pipe includes: a flat body portion including a plurality of heat sink fins formed on an outer surface thereof, and a plurality of through-holes formed therein and being separated by at least one separation film; and at least one groove formed in at least one surface from among a top surface and a bottom surface of one side portion of each of the plurality of through-holes.
Claims9
A flat heat pipe comprising:
- a flat body portion including a plurality of heat sink fins formed on an outer surface thereof, and a plurality of through-holes formed therein and being separated by at least one separation film;
- at least one groove formed in at least one surface among a top surface and a bottom surface of each of the plurality of through-holes,
- wherein each of the plurality of through-holes includes a first region in which the at least one groove is formed and a second region in which no grooves are formed in either the top or bottom surface;
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- a wire bundle inserted into the second region of each of the plurality of through-holes.
A method of fabricating a flat heat pipe, the method comprising:
- forming, through one extrusion process, a flat body portion including a plurality of heat sink fins on an outer surface thereof;
- forming at least one separation film in the body portion and forming a plurality of through-holes;
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- forming at least one groove in at least one surface among a top surface and a bottom surface of each of the plurality of through-holes, wherein each of the plurality of through-holes includes a first region in which the at least one groove is formed and a second region in which no grooves are formed in either the top or bottom surface;
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- inserting a wire bundle into the second region of each of the plurality of through-holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.