Patent ID: 9578781
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H05K

Claim:
1. An enclosure for housing electrical components, the enclosure comprising: walls provided about the electrical components, the walls having poor thermal conductivity; at least one heat pipe extending through at least one respective wall, the at least one heat pipe having a first portion, a second portion and a transition portion, the first portion serves as an evaporator and is positioned within the enclosure, the second portion serves as a condenser and is positioned outside of the enclosure, at least one of the first portion or the second portion is embedded in the at least one respective wall and extends parallel to the at least one respective wall, the at least one of the first portion or the second portion having three sides that are captured in the at least one respective wall, the at least one of the first portion or the second portion is flush with a surface of the at least one respective wall, the at least one of the first portion or the second portion is flattened to expose more surface area of the at least one of the first portion or the second portion to allow more heat to be rejected via natural convection, the transition portion connects the first portion to the second portion and is jogged or bent relative to the first portion and the second portion, the transition portion is embedded in and extends through the at least one respective wall; the at least one heat pipe has a high effective thermal conductivity and provides a high thermal conductivity path for heat energy to pass from within the enclosure to outside the enclosure.