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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Sheng-liang Dai, KunShan, CN;
Jin-peng Liu, KunShan, CN;
Yue Liu, KunShan, CN;
Sheng-guo Zhou, KunShan, CN;
Sheng-lin Wu, Tu-Cheng, TW;
Nien-tien Cheng, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Sheng-Liang Dai, KunShan, CN;
Jin-Peng Liu, KunShan, CN;
Yue Liu, KunShan, CN;
Sheng-Guo Zhou, KunShan, CN;
Sheng-Lin Wu, Tu-Cheng, TW;
Nien-Tien Cheng, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Kunshan, CN;
Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An exemplary flat heat pipe includes a hollow, flattened casing and a first wick structure and a second wick structure received in the casing. The casing includes a top plate and a bottom plate opposite to the top plate. The first wick structure is formed by weaving wires, and the second wick structure is made of sintered metal powder. The first and second wick structures are disposed at inner sides of the bottom and top plates of the casing, respectively. The first and second wick structures contact each other. The casing defines two vapor channels at opposite lateral sides of the combined first and second wick structures, respectively. A method for manufacturing the heat pipe is also provided.