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Granted Patent B2
US 12,432,882 · App. 17/960,269 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Flexible vapor chamber

Inventors: Chih-Wei Chen (New Taipei, TW); Che-Wei Kuo (New Taipei, TW); Tien-Yao Chang (New Taipei, TW); Hsiang-Chih Chuang (New Taipei, TW); Pin-Jei Chen (New Taipei, TW); Tsung-Min Liu (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H05K7/2039G06F1/206H05K7/20136H05K7/20254H05K7/20263H05K7/20272
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Patent No.
US 12,432,882
App. No.
17/960,269
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible vapor chamber includes a first flexible casing, a second flexible casing, a plurality of capillary strips and a plurality of inner capillary layers. The capillary strips are installed between the first flexible casing and the second flexible casing, and the inner capillary layers are arranged between the first flexible casing and the second flexible casing, and the capillary strips.

Claims (30)

1. A flexible vapor chamber, comprising:

a first flexible casing;

a second flexible casing;

a plurality of capillary strips installed between the first flexible casing and the second flexible casing; and

a plurality of inner capillary layers arranged between the capillary strips and the first flexible casing or the second flexible casing,

wherein the first flexible casing further comprises:

a first fluid reservoir;

a second fluid reservoir; and

a plurality of connecting fluid reservoirs being connected between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir.

2. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein the inner capillary layers comprise a plurality of metal wire meshes, a plurality of through holes or a polymeric mesh, and the capillary strips comprise a plurality of capillary fiber strips.

3. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein the inner capillary layers respectively comprise a plurality of intersecting through holes, and the intersecting through holes on two adjacent inner capillary layers are at least partially overlapped.

4. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein the inner capillary layers respectively comprise a plurality of crisscross through holes.

5. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein one of the first flexible casing and the second flexible casing comprises a flexible resin casing.

6. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 5 , wherein the flexible resin casing is made of Polyimide (PI).

7. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 5 , wherein a surface of the flexible resin casing comprises a surface roughening layer, a nickel plating layer and a copper plating layer.

8. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 7 , wherein the surface roughening layer, the nickel plating layer and the copper plating layer are sequentially formed on the surface of the flexible resin casing.

9. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein the capillary strips traverse in the connecting fluid reservoirs.

10. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 5 , wherein the flexible resin casing further comprises:

a first bonding adhesive disposed around a perimeter of the flexible resin casing; and

a second bonding adhesive surrounding inside the first bonding adhesive.

11. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 10 , wherein the inner capillary layers are extended to positions of the first bonding adhesive and the second bonding adhesive so that the first bonding adhesive and the second bonding adhesive penetrate into a part of the inner capillary layers.

12. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of supporting posts formed between the inner capillary layers and arranged between the capillary strips.

13. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible casing, the second flexible casing, the capillary strips and the inner capillary layers are formed a flexible connecting portion to connect to a first vapor chamber.

14. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 13 , wherein the flexible connecting portion is further connected to a second vapor chamber, and the flexible connecting portion is arranged between the first vapor chamber and the second vapor chamber.

15. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 14 , wherein the first vapor chamber and the second vapor chamber respectively comprise a first casing and a second casing, and partial perimeters, without connected to the flexible connecting portion, of the first casing and the second casing, are applied with a first bonding adhesive and a second bonding adhesive to bond the first casing to the second casing, wherein the second bonding adhesive is surrounded inside of the first bonding adhesive.

16. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 15 , wherein the inner capillary layers are extended to positions of the first bonding adhesive and the second bonding adhesive so that the first bonding adhesive and the second bonding adhesive penetrate into a part of the inner capillary layers.

17. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 14 , wherein the first vapor chamber and the second vapor chamber respectively comprise a first casing and a second casing, a plurality of degassing holes are formed on the first casing or the second casing, and a plurality of sealing films respectively seal the degassing holes after the flexible vapor chamber is filled with a working fluid and degassed.

18. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 17 , wherein the sealing films, the first casing and the second casing are made of a same material.

19. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 14 , wherein the first vapor chamber and the second vapor chamber are metal vapor chambers.

20. The flexible vapor chamber of claim 14 , further comprising a fluid filling tube formed on a lateral side of the flexible connecting portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2023
From: CHEN, CHIH-WEI; KUO, CHE-WEI; CHANG, TIEN-YAO; CHUANG, HSIANG-CHIH; CHEN, PIN-JEI; LIU, TSUNG-MIN
To: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63303263 · Jan 26, 2022
Provisional Application 63280870 · Nov 18, 2021
Related Publication 20230156968A1 · May 18, 2023
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