IP Library Granted Patent US 7,293,601
Granted Patent B2
US 7,293,601 · App. 11/152,228 · Granted Nov 13, 2007

Thermoduct

Assignee: Top Way Thermal Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,293,601
App. No.
11/152,228
Granted
Nov 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermoduct comprises a metallic tube with multiple trenches, cupric powder and a metallic net, wherein the metallic net and the cupric powder are disposed inside the metallic tube and function as a capillary texture. The cupric powder is sintered to adhere to recesses of trenches, and the metallic net is sintered to adhere to the inner wall of the metallic tube. In the present invention, the metallic net can confine the cupric powder inside the gap between the metallic net and the inner wall of the metallic tube, which enables the cupric powder to be sintered to firmly adhere to the recesses of the trenches; thus, the thermoduct can simultaneously have capillarity, permeability and thermal conductivity, and the backflow of the liquid working fluid is speeded up.

Claims (7)

1. A thermoduct, achieving heat dissipation via the cycling of absorbing/dissipating heat of a working fluid inside said thermoduct, and comprising:

a tube, being a hollow metallic piping with a plurality of trenches;

a metallic net, disposed inside said tube, wherein there is a gap between said metallic net and the inner wall of said tube; and

cupric powder, contained inside said gap, and sintered to fixedly adhere to the recesses of said plurality of trenches.

2. The thermoduct according to claim 1 , wherein said tube is made of a cupric material.

3. The thermoduct according to claim 1 , wherein said metallic net is made of a cupric material.

4. The thermoduct according to claim 1 , wherein said metallic net is sintered to fixedly adhere to the inner wall of said tube.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2010
From: TOP WAY THERMAL MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: LEE, TING-WEI
Reel/Frame 023778/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2005
From: HUANG, KUO-WEN
To: TOP WAY THERMAL MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016703/0330 →
Continuity (1)
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