Patent ID: 9333599
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B23P,F28D,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electronics chassis comprising: a plurality of panels that define an interior space, wherein at least one panel of said plurality of panels comprises a composite segment having an internal face and an external face; and a conductive thermal pathway extending through said panel from said internal face of said composite segment to said external face of said composite segment, wherein the thermal pathway is embedded in the composite segment and is one of a sealed, two-phase, capillary heat pipe, an oscillating heat pipe, a vapor chamber, and a thermosiphon, the at least one panel comprises a plurality of internal rails on the internal face and a plurality of external fins on the external face, the thermal pathway being in conductive heat transfer with said internal rails and said external fins, and the thermal pathway is generally U-shaped and has a first leg segment adjacent the plurality of internal rails on the internal face of the composite segment and a second leg segment adjacent the external fins on the external face of the composite segment.