Intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus and intelligent terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10088879-B2
Application number	US-201415508890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2014
Priority date	Jun 12, 2014
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

An intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus and an intelligent terminal are disclosed. The intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus includes at least one flexible heat pipe, where two ends of the flexible heat pipe are condensation ends, the middle of the flexible heat pipe is an evaporation end, the condensation end includes one or more heat pipe rigid parts and one or more heat pipe flexible parts, the one or more heat pipe rigid parts and the one or more heat pipe flexible parts of the condensation end are arranged alternately, the evaporation end includes at least one heat pipe rigid part, and an intelligent terminal body is mounted on the evaporation end. By using the intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus, flexible heat dissipation is implemented for a bendable device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus comprising:
at least one flexible heat pipe, wherein two ends of the flexible heat pipe are condensation ends, the middle of the flexible heat pipe is an evaporation end, each of the condensation ends comprises one or more heat pipe rigid parts and one or more heat pipe flexible parts, the one or more heat pipe rigid parts and the one or more heat pipe flexible parts of each condensation end are arranged alternately, the evaporation end comprises at least one heat pipe rigid part, and an intelligent terminal body is mounted on the evaporation end; and
a capillary structure disposed continuously through the at least one flexible heat pipe, wherein the capillary structure is a flexible sealed device using a vacuum design filled with an evaporable liquid having a low boiling point.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein there are two flexible heat pipes: a first flexible heat pipe and a second flexible heat pipe, the first flexible heat pipe and the second flexible heat pipe are connected in parallel, and the intelligent terminal body is mounted on an evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and/or an evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein there are two flexible heat pipes: a first flexible heat pipe and a second flexible heat pipe, an evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and an evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe are connected in series, and the intelligent terminal body is mounted on the evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and/or the evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein when the evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and the evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe are connected in series, a first capillary structure in the first flexible heat pipe and a second capillary structure in the second flexible heat pipe are interconnected between the evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and the evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe by using a third capillary structure.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein when the evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and the evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe are connected in series, a first capillary structure in the first flexible heat pipe and a second capillary structure in the second flexible heat pipe are connected in parallel, multiple fourth capillary structures are disposed between the evaporation end of the first flexible heat pipe and the evaporation end of the second flexible heat pipe, and the fourth capillary structures are disposed vertically.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaporation end further comprises:
a heat pipe flexible part, wherein the intelligent terminal body is mounted on the heat pipe flexible part and/or the heat pipe rigid part of the evaporation end.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat pipe flexible part comprises multiple sections of flexible pipes.

8. An intelligent terminal comprising:
an intelligent terminal body and an intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus, wherein the intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus comprises:
at least one flexible heat pipe, wherein two ends of the flexible heat pipe are condensation ends, the middle of the flexible heat pipe is an evaporation end, each of the condensation ends comprises one or more heat pipe rigid parts and one or more heat pipe flexible parts, the one or more heat pipe rigid parts and the one or more heat pipe flexible parts of each condensation end are arranged alternately, the evaporation end comprises at least one heat pipe rigid part; and
a capillary structure disposed continuously through the at least one flexible heat pipe, wherein the capillary structure is a flexible sealed device using a vacuum design filled with an evaporable liquid having a low boiling point;
wherein the intelligent terminal body is mounted on the evaporation end of intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus.

9. The intelligent terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the intelligent terminal body is mounted on the evaporation end of the intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus in a detachable manner.

10. The intelligent terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the intelligent terminal body is fastened on the evaporation end of the intelligent terminal heat dissipation apparatus.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Linfang
• Kang nanbo
• Zou Jie
• Hui Xiaowei

Classifications

• H10W40/73

  for cooling by change of state · CPC title

• H10W40/00

  Arrangements for thermal protection or thermal control (integrated devices comprising arrangements for thermal protection H10D89/60) · CPC title

• H05K7/20

  Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating · CPC title

• F28D15/0241 Primary

  the tubes being flexible · CPC title

• G06F1/203 Primary

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title