Patent ID: 8002021

Claim:
A heat exchanger comprising: a sealed enclosure with thermally conductive walls and at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet a heat source in thermally conductive contact with at least one surface of a wall of the enclosure; a thermally conductive heat transfer structure located within the enclosure and mounted in thermally conductive direct contact with an inner surface of at least one wall of the enclosure with which a heat source has contact, with the heat transfer structure located and constructed so that fluid moving between the inlet and the outlet removes heat from the heat transfer structure; and at least one heat pipe located within the enclosure and installed so that it is in thermally conductive contact with the heat transfer structure in at least two contact areas, with one of the contact areas located in an area of the heat transfer structure that receives heat from a heat source, and with another contact area located remote from the area of the heat transfer structure that receives heat from a heat source, so that the heat pipe moves heat from the contact area receiving greater heat from the heat source into a contact area receiving less heat from the heat source.