Patent ID: 8109322

Claim:
A cooler module comprising a heat plate, at least one heat pipe, and a locating plate fastened to said heat plate to affix said at least one heat pipe to said heat plate, wherein: said heat plate comprises a bottom cover plate, a top cover plate sealed to said bottom cover plate, a vacuum chamber defined between said bottom cover plate and said top cover plate, and a working fluid filled in said vacuum chamber; and said locating plate is covered on said heat plate and comprises at least two transversely extending bottom locating grooves and a springy middle protruding portion separating the transversely extending bottom locating grooves into two groups, wherein each of the transversely extending bottom locating grooves accommodates a subset of said at least one heat pipe to hold one hot interface of each said heat pipe in contact with said heat plate, and a fastener attached to the springy middle protruding portion of the locating plate for fastening the heat plate to a heat source.