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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Koichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Chiyoshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A heat conducting apparatus includes a heat pipe and a heat pipe supporting mechanism. The heat pipe conducts heat between a first member and a second member connected by hinge sections. The heat pipe has a first end portion attached to one of the first and second members and a second end portion extending substantially along a center line of the hinge sections. A heat pipe supporting mechanism is disposed on a member different from the one of the first and the second members of the heat pipe. The heat pipe supporting mechanism supports the second end portion so that the second end portion can freely move within a given range. The heat pipe supporting mechanism forms a thermal path between the first and second members together with the heat pipe.