Heat pipe assembly

摘要

A heat pipe mounting method and a heat pipe assembly thereof are disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a heat-transfer block and a plurality of heat pipes. A plurality of heat pipe grooves is formed on the heat-transfer block. The heat pipes are then press-fitted to respective heat pipe grooves. During the press-fitting step, the heat pipes are flattened to force the flattened part of one heat pipe into abutment against the flattened part of another heat pipe in a flushed manner. Thereby, the heat pipes are abutted to each other with no separation therebetween. Hence, the heat transfer performance is increased.

主权项

1. A heat pipe assembly, comprising:
a heat-transfer block having a bottom surface, a plurality of closely arranged heat pipe grooves formed on the bottom surface, a plurality of supporting ribs each formed between two consecutive ones of the heat pipe grooves, and a tip portion formed on each of the supporting ribs; and a plurality of heat pipes respectively accommodated in the plurality of heat pipe grooves, wherein each heat pipe has an exposed flattened part extending along and over the tip portion of each of the adjacent supporting ribs, wherein the flattened parts of the heat pipes abut against one another in a flush manner such that the flattened parts of the heat pipes are coplanar and in direct contact with one another to form a single substantially flat heat-absorbing surface, with the tip portions of the supporting ribs completely covered thereby.