IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,363,867
Granted Patent B2
US 12,363,867 · App. 18/305,827 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Electronic apparatus and heat transport device

Inventors: Atsushi Ohyama (Kanagawa, JP); Tsunenori Yanagisawa (Kanagawa, JP); Mizuki Itoyama (Kanagawa, JP); Akinori Uchino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H05K7/20336G06F1/203G06F1/206
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Patent No.
US 12,363,867
App. No.
18/305,827
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis which loads a processing device, a second chassis which is coupled with the first chassis to be rotatably movable relative to each other and a vapor chamber which has a first flexile resin sheet, a second flexible resin sheet and a closed space which is formed between the first resin sheet and the second resin sheet and in which a working fluid is encapsulated, extends from the inside of the first chassis to the inside of the second chassis and transports heat that the processing device generates to the second chassis side.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a first chassis which loads a processing device; a second chassis which is coupled with the first chassis to be rotatably movable relative to each other; a vapor chamber which has a first flexible resin sheet, a second flexible resin sheet and a closed space which is formed between the first flexible resin sheet and the second flexible resin sheet and in which a working fluid is encapsulated, extends from inside of the first chassis to inside of the second chassis and transports heat that the processing device generates to the second chassis; and a flexible substrate which extends from the inside of the first chassis to the inside of the second chassis, wherein the flexible substrate has the second flexible resin sheet and a third resin sheet which is laminated on the second flexible resin sheet with metal wiring being interposed between the second flexible resin sheet and the third resin sheet and is configured to be integrated with the vapor chamber by sharing the second flexible resin sheet with the vapor chamber, the first flexible resin sheet, the second flexible resin sheet and the third resin sheet are made of polyimide, full lengths of the second flexible resin sheet and the third resin sheet are configured to be longer than a full length of the first flexible resin sheet and thereby an end of the flexible substrate is so arranged as to protrude from the vapor chamber, and a terminal is attached to the end of the flexible substrate.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the flexible substrate connects a first electronic component and a second electronic component together,

the first chassis loads the first electronic component, and

the second chassis loads the second electronic component.

3. A heat transport device comprising:

a vapor chamber which has a first flexible resin sheet, a second flexible resin sheet and a closed space which is formed between the first flexible resin sheet and the second flexible resin sheet and in which a working fluid is encapsulated; and

a flexible substrate which has the second flexible resin sheet and a third resin sheet which is laminated on the second flexible resin sheet with metal wiring being interposed between the second flexible resin sheet and the third resin sheet and which is configured to be integrated with the vapor chamber by sharing the second flexible resin sheet with the vapor chamber,

wherein

the first flexible resin sheet, the second flexible resin sheet and the third resin sheet are made of polyimide,

full lengths of the second flexible resin sheet and the third resin sheet are configured to be longer than a full length of the first flexible resin sheet and thereby an end of the flexible substrate is so arranged as to protrude from the vapor chamber, and

a terminal is attached to the end of the flexible substrate.

4. The heat transport device according to claim 3 , wherein

the terminal extends through the third resin sheet and is connected to the metal wiring.

5. The heat transport device according to claim 3 , wherein the flexible substrate has

a branched part which is branched in such a manner that the third resin sheet and the metal wiring are partially separated from a surface of the second flexible resin sheet and

a fourth resin sheet which is laminated on the third resin sheet with the metal wiring being interposed between the third and the fourth resin sheets on the branched part, and

the terminal is attached to an end of the branched part of the flexible substrate.

6. The heat transport device according to claim 3 , wherein

the vapor chamber further has a wick which is housed in the closed space and has flexibility and

the wick is arranged at a position which is closer to an inner face of the second flexible resin sheet than to an inner face of the first flexible resin sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2023
From: OHYAMA, ATSUSHI; YANAGISAWA, TSUNENORI; ITOYAMA, MIZUKI; UCHINO, AKINORI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 063540/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-073346 · Apr 27, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230354553A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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