Flexible graphite thermal management devices
CA 2511504 A1 · Owner: Burkett, Thomas W. · Inventors: Burkett, Thomas W.; Krassowski, Daniel W.; Smalc, Martin D.
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The invention provides to thermal management devices constructed from flexible graphite. In one embodiment, the thermal management device includes a wick structure (16) inside a shell (14). In certain preferred embodiments the wick , structure is composed of a mass of expanded graphite. In another embodiment the shell of the device includes flexible graphite and an optional wick structure. In certain preferred embodiments the flexible graphite shell is , fluid impermeable. The invention further includes methods of making the aforementioned thermal management devices.
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- Filed December 17, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 17, 2023.
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