Patent ID: 9664458
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F28D,F28F

Claim:
1. A heat pipe with a support structure comprising: a first plate member having a first side and an opposite second side; a second plate member having a third side and an opposite fourth side; and being assembled to the first plate member to thereby define a chamber for a working fluid between the second side of the first plate member and the third side of the second plate member; and a supporting member being located in the chamber, said supporting member comprising a sheet of material formed to define at least two regions, one of said regions defining substantially punctiform supporting portions disposed in a two dimensional array and being structurally interconnected to each other to define passages therebetween for working fluid; another of said at least two regions disposed adjacent said one region defining substantially linear supporting portions extending in parallel and defining therebetween linearly extending passages for working fluid, said substantially linear supporting portions being connected at one end to said array of punctiform supporting members.