Heat pipe with flexible support structure

Abstract

A heat pipe with a flexible support structure includes a pipe body and a support, and the support is installed in the pipe body and includes a first row of side plates and a second row of side plates extended along the lengthwise direction of the pipe body and a plurality of support elements coupled between the first and second rows of side plates, and each support element abuts the internal side of a capillary tissue of the pipe body. Plate elements of the first and second rows of side plates are arranged with an interval apart from each other and in sections along the lengthwise direction of the pipe body, and the plate elements of the first row of side plates and the plate elements of the second row of side plates are aligned alternately with each other. The support is flexible to facilitate users to bend the heat pipe.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a heat pipe, in particular to a heat pipe with a flexible support structure.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]As the computing speed of a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer becomes increasingly faster, the heat generated by the CPU becomes increasingly higher, and conventional heat dissipating device comprised of an extruded aluminum heat sink and a fan no longer can meet the requirements of the present CPUs, and thus related manufacturers keep on developing heat pipes or vapor chambers with a higher thermal conductivity and combine the heat pipe or vapor chamber with the heat sink to overcome the heat dissipating problem effectively.[0003]However, the conventional heat pipe usually comes with a support installed in the heat pipe to provide the adhesive strength for a capillary tissue or the supporting force for a pressed pipe body, when factors such as the adhesion of the capillary tissue and the negative pressure...

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Problems solved by technology

As the computing speed of a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer becomes increasingly faster, the heat generated by the CPU becomes increasingly higher, and conventional heat dissipating device comprised of an extruded aluminum heat sink and a fan no longer can meet the requirements of the present CPUs, and thus related manufacturers keep on developing heat pipes or vapor chambers with a higher thermal conductivity and combine the heat pipe or vapor chamber with the heat sink to overcome the heat dissipating problem effectively.

Most supports are generally formed to fit the length of the pipe body of the heat pipe and do not have the bendable feature, such that after the support is installed in the heat pipe, the bent pipe or the support of the bent pipe may be damaged easily.

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