US Patent 7974096 Three-dimensional thermal spreading in an air-cooled thermal device

The present disclosure relates to heat transfer thermal management device utilizing varied methods of heat transfer to cool a heat generating component from a circuit assembly or any other embodiment where a heat generating component can be functionally and operatively coupled. In a proposed embodiment, at least one heat pipe is used to transfer heat from the condensation portion of a vapor chamber to cool a bottom portion of a finned heat dissipation space and transfer the heat to a colder location on the heat fins. In another proposed embodiment, the water vapor chamber is placed in a heat sink and is adapted to thermally connect to at least one heat pipe.