Patent ID: 7474527

Claim:
A thermal module adapted for a desktop personal computer, the desktop personal computer comprising a housing, a power supply, and a motherboard, the power supply being located inside the housing, and including a fan having an outlet oriented toward an outside of the housing, and the motherboard being located inside the housing, and including a plurality of electronic elements thereon, the thermal module comprising: at least one first heat sink disposed on one of the electronic elements, the first heat sink having a first heat pipe channel extending along a first direction; an adjustment device located outside the housing, the adjustment device having at least one second heat pipe channel extending along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and at least one third heat pipe channel extending along a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; at least one first heat pipe including a first section and a second section, the first section being slidably arranged in the first heat pipe channel along the first direction, and coupled to the first heat sink, and the second section being slidably arranged in the second heat pipe channel along the second direction; a second heat sink located outside the housing at the outlet of the fan; and at least one second heat pipe including a third section and a fourth section, the third section being slidably arranged in the third heat pipe channel along the third direction, and coupled to the first heat pipe, and the fourth section being coupled to the second heat sink.