Vapor chamber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12498181-B2
Application number	US-201916710180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2019
Priority date	Dec 11, 2018
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

To provide a vapor chamber having excellent function of circulating a working liquid from an end portion to a center portion of a wick and enabling the prevention of the occurrence of dry-out. A vapor chamber includes a casing formed of a first sheet and a second sheet which face each other and whose outer peripheries are bonded to each other; a working liquid sealed in the casing; and a wick disposed on an inner wall surface of the first sheet or the second sheet. A wall portion is disposed around the wick as viewed in a top plan view of an inside of the casing.

First claim

That which is claimed:

1 . A vapor chamber comprising:
a casing comprising: a first sheet having a first inner sheet surface, and a second sheet having a second inner sheet surface, the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet and the second inner sheet surface of the second sheet face each other, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded and sealed to each other at the outer edges to form a cavity; a working liquid sealed in the casing within the cavity, the working liquid comprising a fluorocarbon; and a nonwoven mesh having a plurality of apertures that is disposed on the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet within the cavity, wherein the apertures have a size of 0.10 μm to 50.

2 . The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of columnar protruding portions disposed between the second sheet and the nonwoven mesh, wherein the nonwoven mesh is disposed on the protruding portions.

3 . The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the nonwoven mesh comprises a porous material or a nonwoven fabric.

4 . The vapor chamber according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding portions have a height of 1 μm or more to 100 μm or less.

5 . The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of support columns disposed on the second inner sheet surface of the second sheet.

6 . The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , further comprising a cavity disposed between the wick and the second sheet.

7 . A vapor chamber comprising:
a casing comprising: a first sheet having a first inner sheet surface, and a second sheet having a second inner sheet surface, the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet and the second inner sheet surface of the second sheet face each other, and outer peripheries of the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded to each other, wherein the first sheet and/or the second sheet has a thicknesses of 200 μm or less, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded and sealed to each other at the outer edges to form a cavity;
a working liquid sealed in the cavity;
the working liquid comprising a fluorocarbon;
a plurality of protruding portions disposed on the first inner sheet surface; and
a nonwoven mesh having a plurality of apertures, the nonwoven mesh is disposed on the protruding portions within the cavity, wherein the apertures have a size of 0.10 μm to 50.

8 . The vapor chamber according to claim 7 , wherein further comprising a wall portion disposed on the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet, disposed within the cavity, and surrounding a periphery of the nonwoven mesh.

9 . The vapor chamber according to claim 7 , wherein the nonwoven mesh comprises a porous material or a nonwoven fabric.

10 . The vapor chamber according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of protruding portions do not extend to the second sheet.

11 . A vapor chamber comprising:
a casing comprising: a first sheet having a first inner sheet surface, and a second sheet having a second inner sheet surface, the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet and the second inner sheet surface of the second sheet face each other, and outer peripheries of the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded to each other, wherein the first sheet and/or the second sheet has a thicknesses of 200 μm or less, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded and sealed to each other at the outer edges to form a cavity; a working liquid sealed in the cavity, the working liquid comprising a fluorocarbon; a plurality of protruding portions disposed on the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet within the cavity; a nonwoven mesh having a plurality of apertures, the nonwoven mesh disposed on the protruding portions within the cavity, wherein the nonwoven mesh includes apertures with a size of 0.10 μm to 50; and a wall portion disposed on the first inner sheet surface of the first sheet, disposed within the cavity, and surrounding a periphery of the nonwoven mesh and wherein a portion of the nonwoven mesh is disposed on an upper surface of the wall portion.

12 . The vapor chamber according to claim 11 , wherein the nonwoven mesh comprises a porous material or a nonwoven fabric.

Assignees

• Kelvin Thermal Tech Inc
• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Lewis Ryan John
• Wakaoka Takuo
• Kojima Keijiro

Classifications

• B23P15/26

  heat exchangers {or the like (making heat exchangers by methods covered by other subclasses B21D53/02)} · CPC title

• F28F2240/00

  Spacing means · CPC title

• F28F2225/04

  for conduits · CPC title

• F28D15/0233

  the conduits having a particular shape, e.g. non-circular cross-section, annular (F28D15/0241, F28D15/0266 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/203

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