US Patent 7597133 Heat dissipation device with heat pipes

A heat dissipation device includes a fin set, first and second base plates and first and second heat pipes. The first base plate has a face for contacting a heat generating electronic device. The first heat pipe includes first and second sections sandwiching the fin set between the first and second sections and engaging with the fin set. The first and second base plates sandwich the first heat pipe and the fin set between the first and second base plates and engage with the first heat pipe and the fin set. The second heat pipe includes first and second sections sandwiching the first heat pipe, the fin set, the first and second base plates between the first and second sections of the second heat pipe and engaging with the first and second base plates.