IP Library Granted Patent US 10,935,326
Granted Patent B2
US 10,935,326 · App. 16/444,771 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

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 10,935,326
App. No.
16/444,771
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
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 extends through the opening into the cavity 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 (13)

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 metal mesh covered onto an inner wall of the chamber; and

at least one heat pipe, including a tubular body and an opening formed at an end 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 capillary member being covered onto an inner wall of the cavity;

wherein, the metal mesh extends through the opening into the cavity to connect the capillary member.

2. The 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 metal mesh covered onto an inner wall of the chamber; and

at least one heat pipe, including a tubular body and an opening formed at an end 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 capillary member being covered onto an inner wall of the cavity;

wherein, the metal mesh extends through the opening into the cavity to connect the capillary member;

wherein the metal mesh includes a capillary body and a capillary extension coupled to the capillary body, 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 cavity to attach the capillary member.

3. The thermal conducting structure of claim 2 , 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 body 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 direct contact with the first casing member at an inner top wall in the chamber.

4. The thermal conducting structure of claim 3 , wherein the inner bottom wall and the inner top wall are covered by the mesh metal.

5. The thermal conducting structure of claim 3 , 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 inner bottom wall, the inner peripheral wall and the inner top wall are covered by the metal mesh.

6. The thermal conducting structure of claim 5 , wherein the metal mesh further includes an outer peripheral wall completely covered onto the prop columns.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2019
From: SUN, CHIEN-HUNG; CHIN, TE-HSUAN; LIU, LEI-LEI
To: COOLER MASTER CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 049507/0810 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201610213189.1 · Apr 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15352804 · Nov 16, 2016
Related Publication 20190331433A1 · Oct 31, 2019