Heat pipe and method for manufacturing heat pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11460254-B2
Application number	US-202016798142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2020
Priority date	Aug 23, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

A heat pipe includes a container including a container substrate and a working fluid enclosed in the container. The working fluid contains water. The heat pipe includes a first film containing tin and/or a tin alloy on at least an inner surface of the container substrate and a second film formed on at least a part of a surface of the first film and containing an oxide and/or hydroxide containing tin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat pipe comprising
a container including a container substrate; and
a working fluid enclosed in the container,
wherein:
the working fluid contains water;
the heat pipe includes a first film containing tin and/or a tin alloy on at least an inner surface of the container substrate and a second film formed on at least a part of a surface of the first film and containing an oxide and/or hydroxide containing tin;
the container is bent or flattened by plastic deformation with the first film and the second film formed on the inner surface of the container substrate;
the container has a portion sealed by the first film;
a region of the first film where the second film is provided is not exposed to a hollow portion of the container; and
both the first film and the second film are laminated together on the portion sealed by the first film of the container.

2. The heat pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the first film is a tin alloy containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, silver, lead, and bismuth.

3. The heat pipe according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the second film is 5 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

4. The heat pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the container substrate is made of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, magnesium, a magnesium alloy, titanium, a titanium alloy, and stainless steel.

5. The heat pipe according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the first film is 1 μm or more and 30 μm or less.

6. The heat pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the heat pipe includes one or two or more intermediate layers provided between a surface of the container substrate and the first film and made of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, zinc, cobalt, chromium, and copper, and/or an alloy containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, zinc, cobalt, chromium, and copper.

7. The heat pipe according to claim 6 , wherein an average thickness of the intermediate layers is 0.001 μm or more and 2 μm or less.

8. A method for manufacturing a heat pipe comprising a container including a container substrate, and a working fluid containing water enclosed in the container,
the method comprising:
a step of preparing a container including a first film containing tin and/or a tin alloy on at least an inner surface of the container substrate and a second film formed on at least a part of a surface of the first film and containing an oxide and/or hydroxide containing tin,
wherein the container is bent or flattened by plastic deformation after the first film and second film are formed on the inner surface of the container substrate, wherein the container has a portion sealed by the first film, wherein a region of the first film where the second film is provided is not exposed to a hollow portion of the container; and both the first film and the second film are laminated together on the portion sealed by the first film of the container;
an injecting step of injecting a working fluid into an inside of the container;
a deaerating step of deaerating the inside of the container including the injected working fluid; and
a sealing step of sealing an end portion of the deaerated container.

9. The method for manufacturing a heat pipe according to claim 8 , further comprising a heat treating step of melting the first film.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Yoshito
• Toratani Tomoaki

Classifications

• F28D15/043 Primary

  forming loops, e.g. capillary pumped loops · CPC title

• F28F21/006

  of glass · CPC title

• F28F19/06

  of metal · CPC title

• F28D15/02

  in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat pipes {(heat pipes used in solar heat collectors F24S10/95; in radiators F28D1/0226; in nuclear reactors G21C15/257)} · CPC title

• F28F21/08 Primary

  of metal · CPC title