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Heat-pipe device and heat-sink device

US4830100A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1986
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49353
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat-pipe device for transferring heat generated by a heat-generating element, having at least one heat-pipe body which is an extrudate of plate-like configuration made of aluminum or its alloy, the heat-pipe body including a planer-structure portion which has on one side thereof a flat face to which the heat-generating element is directly fixed, the heat-pipe body further including a plurality of passage-defining portions which protrude from the other side of the planer-structure portion and extend parallel to, and apart a predetermined distance from, each other, each passage-defining portion having therein a flow passage which is fluid-tightly charged with a working fluid for transferring the heat generated by the heat-generating element. Also is disclosed a heat-sink device for cooling a heat-generating element, having at least one heat-pipe body including a planer-structure portion and a plurality of passage-defining portions. The heat-sink device may further have a header pipe, and the heat-pipe body may be bent to form a box-like configuration such that the longitudinal ends of flow passages within the passage-defining portions are open in a communication passage within the…

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