Patent ID: 8230908

Claim:
A heat sink for dissipating a thermal load, the heat sink comprising: a plurality of heat sink bases configured around a central axis of the heat sink so as to define an interior space, at least one heat sink base receiving the thermal load, wherein the interior space of the heat sink forms a rectangular box shape with four closed sides and two open sides; a thermal transport connected to the at least one heat sink base receiving the thermal load so as to distribute the thermal load in the heat sink; and heat-dissipating fins connected to each heat sink base, the heat-dissipating fins extending from each heat sink base into the interior space of the heat sink, each heat-dissipating fin shaped according to the location of the heat-dissipating fin with respect to the location of the thermal load and the location of the distributed thermal load in the heat sink, wherein a plurality of the heat-dissipating fins are located differently with respect to the location of the thermal load or the location of the distributed thermal load wherein: the plurality of heat sink bases further comprises a bottom plate, a top plate, a right plate, and a left plate, the plates connected along edges and oriented around the central axis of the heat sink, the bottom plate receiving the thermal load; the bottom plate further comprises lower heat pipe tunnels; the top plate further comprises upper heat pipe tunnels; the right plate further comprises a right outer surface and heat pipe channels along the right outer surface, each heat pipe channel comprising a semicircular cavity longitudinally extending from one of the lower heat pipe tunnels to one of the upper heat pipe tunnels; and the left plate further comprises a left outer surface and heat pipe channels along the left outer surface, each heat pipe channel comprising a semicircular cavity longitudinally extending from one of the lower heat pipe tunnels to one of the upper heat pipe tunnels.