US 12,135,152 B2
Evaporator assemblies, vapor chambers, and methods for fabricating vapor chambers
Shailesh N. Joshi, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Danny Lohan, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,321.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138653 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F25B 39/02 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 39/024 (2013.01) [B23P 15/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An assembly comprising:
an evaporator assembly comprising:
an evaporator surface opposite a heat receiving surface;
an array of posts extending from the evaporator surface;
an array of vapor vents within the evaporator surface, wherein each vapor vent of the array of vapor vents is configured as a depression within the evaporator surface; and
a porous layer disposed on the evaporator surface, the array of posts, and the array of vapor vents; and
a condenser plate comprising a condenser surface, wherein the condenser surface is bonded to a top surface of the array of posts such that the evaporator assembly and the condenser plate define a vapor chamber.