Patent ID: 8811014

Claim:
A heat exchange assembly for use in cooling an electrical component, said heat exchange assembly comprising: a sealed casing comprising an evaporator section, a condenser section, and a transport section extending between said evaporator section and said condenser section along a longitudinal axis, said casing configured to bend along a bending axis oriented with respect to said transport section, said casing comprising: at least one sidewall comprising an inner surface defining at least one fluid chamber extending between said evaporator section and said condenser section to channel a working fluid between said evaporator section and said condenser section; and a plurality of fluid channels defined within said inner surface to channel liquid fluid from said condenser section to said evaporator section; and at least one vapor channel defined within said inner surface to channel gaseous fluid from said evaporator section to said condenser section, wherein each fluid channel of said plurality of fluid channels comprises a first side surface and a second side surface, each first side surface and said second side surface extends between a base portion and an end portion oriented adjacent said sidewall inner surface such that said fluid channel includes a depth measured between said base portion and said upper ends, and wherein at least one fluid channel of said plurality of fluid channels has a first depth within said transport section, and a second depth within said evaporator section that is different than said first depth.