Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat pipe with axial and lateral flexibility
- Patent Title (中): 热管具有轴向和侧向的灵活性
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Application No.: US11256708Application Date: 2005-10-24
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Publication No.: US07647961B2Publication Date: 2010-01-19
- Inventor: John Gilbert Thayer , Clark Scott Schaeffer , Samuel W. Apicelli
- Applicant: John Gilbert Thayer , Clark Scott Schaeffer , Samuel W. Apicelli
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Thermal Corp.
- Current Assignee: Thermal Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: F28D15/00
- IPC: F28D15/00 ; H05K7/20

Abstract:
A flexible heat pipe is disclosed for use with evaporator and condenser elements for removing heat from electronic components. The flexible heat pipe comprises a bellows member fixed at one end to a condenser member and at an opposite end to an evaporator member. A cable artery is disposed within the bellows and is fixed at one end to the evaporator, and slidingly engages the condenser at the opposite end. The bellows acts as a flexible vapor envelope, and the cable artery acts as a flexible wick for directing condensed working fluid from the condenser back to the evaporator. The sliding connection between the cable artery and the condenser allows relative axial movement, and the inherent flexibility of the cable artery allows relative lateral movement. Thus, the condenser and evaporator can move in all directions with respect to each other, which can provide desired vibration isolation of the two components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060086482A1 Heat pipe with axial and lateral flexibility Public/Granted day:2006-04-27
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