Grooved Heater Unit With Block Body to Prevent Heat Pools

The support structure acts as a mediator that distributes the heater's weight and thermal load across multiple contact points with the plate. This prevents localized heat accumulation (heat pools) that would cause disconnection, while still maintaining sufficient thermal conduction through the support portions. The intermediary structure enables temperature uniformity improvement without compromising heater connection stability.

The support structure is divided into multiple discrete support portions rather than a single continuous contact point. This segmentation distributes the thermal and mechanical load across multiple locations, preventing heat pool formation at any single point while maintaining overall thermal conduction. The segmented structure resolves the contradiction between temperature uniformity and connection stability.

The support structure serves as an intermediary thermal conduction path between the heater and plate. It provides controlled thermal conduction through its material properties and geometry, improving temperature controllability while its distributed contact geometry prevents heat pool formation. The intermediary structure enables beneficial thermal conduction while eliminating the harmful heat accumulation effect.

The support structure has different local properties: it provides good thermal conduction in the vertical direction (through its thickness) while providing limited thermal conduction in the horizontal direction (at the contact points with the plate). This local quality differentiation enables improved temperature controllability through vertical heat transfer while preventing horizontal heat pool formation at the interface.