Heat pipe with a flexible structure

Abstract

A heat pipe includes a metal pipe, a flexible structure, a woven mesh, a working fluid, and a support element. The flexible structure is formed on the metal pipe, and the woven mesh is disposed inside the metal pipe, and the working fluid is filled into the metal pipe and attached onto the woven mesh, and the support element is passed into the woven mesh, such that the heat pipe can be bent into a desired shape manually by an easy way according to actual using requirements.

1 . A heat pipe, comprising:
 a metal pipe;   a flexible structure, formed on the metal pipe, and comprised of a plurality of coils having an interval apart from one another, and the center of the coils being limited by the axis of the metal pipe;   a woven mesh, disposed inside the metal pipe, and having a plurality of protruding rings formed at a position of the woven mesh corresponding to the flexible structure and coupled to the coils;   a working fluid, filled into the interior of the metal pipe and attached to the woven mesh; and   a support element, passed into the interior of the woven mesh, and abutted against the woven mesh, and attached onto an internal wall of the metal pipe.   
     
     
         2 . The heat pipe of  claim 1 , wherein the support element is a spiral spring. 
     
     
         3 . The heat pipe of  claim 1 , wherein the metal pipe is in a circular shape. 
     
     
         4 . The heat pipe of  claim 1 , wherein the metal pipe is made of copper. 
     
     
         5 . The heat pipe of  claim 1 , wherein the woven mesh is in a cylindrical shape. 
     
     
         6 . The heat pipe of  claim 1 , wherein the woven mesh is made of a metal.