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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Feng Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Danny J. Lohan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shailesh N. Joshi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hitoshi Fujioka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shohei Nagai, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Ukegawa, South Lyon, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A cooling assembly includes a housing defining a fluid chamber, wick structures arranged on an interior surface of the fluid chamber such that one or more flow channels are present therebetween, and a divider. The divider includes an outer frame comprising a first side and a second side and one or more bridging supports extending between and connecting the first side and the second side of the outer frame. The one or more bridging supports are aligned with the one or more flow channels between the wick structures. Each one of the one or more bridging supports define a plurality of vapor flow paths extending therethrough. The one or more bridging supports further define a plurality of vapor spaces between the one or more bridging supports that are aligned with the wick structures. The plurality of vapor flow paths are fluidly coupled to the vapor spaces.