Patent ID: 7679911

Claim:
A heat pipe assembly comprising: a case/enclosure; said case/enclosure is an evaporation chamber of the heat pipe assembly; said case/enclosure having a plurality of chambers/towers extending from said case/enclosure in a plurality of directions; and at least one electronic component or electronic assembly/sub-assembly; wherein at least a portion of one surface of said electronic component or electronic assembly/sub-assembly is in direct contact with a liquid contained within the case/enclosure; wherein a portion of said electronic component or electronic assembly/sub-assembly is provided with a plurality of pins or pads across a portion of an exterior surface of the case/enclosure; wherein at least one of said chambers/towers is/are above liquid level and at least one other chambers/towers is/are below liquid level for any given orientation of said heat pipe assembly in three dimensional space; said plurality of chambers/towers are in fluid communication with an internal volumetric space of said case/enclosure and function as condensing chambers.