Patent ID: 9327369
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B23P,F28D,F28F,H01L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of manufacturing a thermal module with enhanced assembling structure, comprising the following steps: providing a base and a heat pipe, and defining a top and a bottom of the base as a first side and a second side, respectively; performing a mechanical processing from the first side toward the second side to form a receiving recess on the base, such that the receiving recess having two end portions respectively forming a supporting portion and a middle portion formed into an opening located between the two supporting portions and communicating the first side with the second side; performing a mechanical processing from the second side toward the first side by applying a force to bend junctions between the receiving recess and two longitudinal sides of the opening, so as to form a first extended arm and a second extended arm, and two wall surfaces being located between the two longitudinal sides of the opening and the first and the second extended arms, respectively; performing a mechanical processing from the first side toward the second side by applying a force to positions of the first and second extended arms adjacent to the longitudinal sides of the opening, so as to form two rows of alternating elevated and sunken areas on the wall surfaces; and setting the heat pipe in the receiving recess on the base, and applying a force to the first and second extended arms for them to press against and hold down the heat pipe in the receiving recess.