Heat pipe structure and caulking jig for heat pipe structure

• Main Authors: Isemura, Masakazu, Katayama, Takahiro, Sasaki, Chiyoshi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.04.2024
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

A heat pipe structure includes a base block including a rear surface part thermally connectable to a heat generating body and a heat pipe fixed to a front surface part of the base block and including a heat receiving tubular portion disposed along an in-plane direction of the base block. The base block has a longitudinal direction and a width direction and includes a recessed part in which the heat receiving tubular portion is housed and a pair of wall parts projecting along an outer circumferential surface of the heat receiving tubular portion from width direction both sides of the recessed part, and a container of the heat pipe is caulked and fixed by the recessed part and the pair of wall parts and includes a projecting shape part projecting in a direction opposite to a direction of the caulking between distal end portions of the pair of wall parts.