IP Library Granted Patent US 10,371,458
Granted Patent B2
US 10,371,458 · App. 15/352,804 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Thermal conducting structure

Inventors: Chien-Hung Sun (New Taipei, TW); Te-Hsuan Chin (New Taipei, TW); Lei-Lei Liu (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
F28D15/046F28D15/0233F28F9/001F28F9/0075F28D15/0275F28D2021/0028
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Patent No.
US 10,371,458
App. No.
15/352,804
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermal conducting structure includes a vapor chamber and at least one heat pipe. The vapor chamber has a casing with a through hole formed on a side of the casing, and a chamber defined inside the casing and communicated with the through hole and having a metal mesh covered on an inner wall of the chamber. The heat pipe has a tubular body and an opening formed at an end of the tubular body, and the tubular body is connected to the through hole, and a cavity is defined inside the tubular body. A capillary member is covered onto an inner wall of the cavity. The metal mesh is passed out from the opening to connect the capillary member. The metal mesh is used as a capillary structure, and the vapor chamber and heat pipe are used together to provide a better cooling efficiency.

Claims (18)

1. A thermal conducting structure, comprising:

a vapor chamber, including a casing with at least one through hole formed on a side of the casing, a chamber defined inside the casing and communicated with the at least one through hole, and a capillary member covered onto an inner wall of the chamber; and

at least one heat pipe, including a tubular body and an opening formed on a side of the tubular body, and the tubular body being passed and coupled to the at least one through hole by an end of the opening, and a cavity being defined inside the tubular body, and a metal mesh being covered onto an inner wall of the tubular body;

wherein, the metal mesh extends out from the opening to connect the capillary member,

wherein the casing includes a first casing member and a second casing member, and the second casing member has a plurality of prop columns disposed on an inner bottom wall of the chamber, and the capillary member has a plurality of penetrating holes which are through holes, and the prop columns are passed through the penetrating holes and abutted against and in contact with the first casing member at an inner top wall in the chamber,

wherein the metal mesh includes a capillary body and a capillary extension coupled to the capillary body, and the capillary extension has a vertical bend disposed at a junction of the capillary body and the capillary extension, and the capillary extension is extended into the chamber to attach the capillary member.

2. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the inner wall of the tubular body is completely covered by the metal mesh.

3. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein any one of the first casing member and the second casing member has a peripheral fence portion to form an inner peripheral wall of the chamber, and the capillary member is covered completely onto the inner bottom wall, the inner peripheral wall and the inner top wall.

4. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the capillary member further includes an outer peripheral wall completely covered onto the prop columns.

5. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the capillary member is one selected from a group consisting of a metal mesh, a fiber, a sintered powder and a groove.

6. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the metal mesh is made of one selected from a group consisting of copper, aluminum and stainless steel.

7. The thermal conducting structure of claim 3 , wherein the at least one through hole is formed at the peripheral fence portion and the at least one heat pipe is configured to be parallel to the vapor chamber.

8. The thermal conducting structure of claim 7 , wherein the at least one heat pipe and the at least one through hole come with plural quantities respectively, and the heat pipes are disposed on the same side of the vapor chamber.

9. The thermal conducting structure of claim 7 , wherein the at least one heat pipe and the at least one through hole come with plural quantities respectively, and the heat pipes are disposed on different sides of the vapor chamber.

10. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one through hole is disposed on an outer wall of the first casing member, and the at least one heat pipe is configured to be perpendicular to the vapor chamber.

11. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat pipe is a round tube structure or a round flat tube structure.

12. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein the tubular body has an end of the opening passed and coupled to the at least one through hole and partially extended into the chamber.

13. The thermal conducting structure of claim 1 , wherein a height of an inner space formed by the capillary body is smaller than a height of an inner space formed by the capillary extension, and the height of the inner space formed by the capillary extension is smaller than a height of an inner space formed by the capillary member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2016
From: SUN, CHIEN-HUNG; CHIN, TE-HSUAN; LIU, LEI-LEI
To: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0213189 · Apr 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170292793A1 · Oct 12, 2017