Woven fibers, wick structures having the woven fibers and heat pipes having the wick structures

Abstract

An exemplary woven fiber includes a main body and at least a channel located at a side of the main body. The disclosure also provides a wick structure having woven fibers and a heat pipe having the wick structure.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A woven fiber comprising:
 a main body; and   at least a channel located at a side of the main body.   
     
     
         2 . The woven fiber of  claim 1 , wherein the channel extends along a longitudinal direction of the main body. 
     
     
         3 . The woven fiber of  claim 2 , wherein the channel spirally extends along a longitudinal direction of the main body. 
     
     
         4 . The woven fiber of  claim 1 , wherein the channel can be a plurality of cavities formed in outer surface of the main body. 
     
     
         5 . The woven fiber of  claim 1 , wherein the main body includes a first portion, a second portion, and a first connecting portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, a thickness of the first connecting portion is less than that of the first portion, and is less than that of the second portion. 
     
     
         6 . The woven fiber of  claim 1 , wherein further comprising a first convex edge, a second convex edge and a third convex edge formed at outer surface of the main body. 
     
     
         7 . The woven fiber of  claim 6 , wherein the convex edges of the main body extend along a longitudinal direction of the main body. 
     
     
         8 . The woven fiber of  claim 7 , wherein the convex edges of the main body are distributed uniformly at peripheral sides of the main body. 
     
     
         9 . A wick structure formed in a heat pipe comprising a plurality of woven fibers, wherein the plurality of woven fibers twines around each other, and each woven fiber comprises a main body and at least a channel located at a side of the main body. 
     
     
         10 . The wick structure of  claim 9 , wherein the woven fibers spirally twine around each other. 
     
     
         11 . The wick structure of  claim 9 , wherein the channel can be a plurality of cavities formed in an outer surface of the main body. 
     
     
         12 . The wick structure of  claim 9  comprising a first woven fiber and a second woven fiber, wherein the first woven fiber and the second woven fiber twine around each other. 
     
     
         13 . The wick structure of  claim 12 , wherein a first channel and a second channel are formed at opposite sides of the first woven fiber respectively, a first channel and a second channel are formed at opposite sides of the second woven fiber respectively. 
     
     
         14 . The wick structure of  claim 9 , wherein further comprising a central cylinder, wherein the central cylinder is covered and twine by the plurality of woven fibers. 
     
     
         15 . A heat pipe comprising:
 a hollow tube;   a wick structure formed in the hollow tube; and   wherein the wick structure comprises a first woven fiber and a second woven fiber twining around each other.   
     
     
         16 . The heat pipe of  claim 15 , wherein the first woven fiber spirally twines around the second woven fiber along a longitudinal direction of the second woven fiber. 
     
     
         17 . The heat pipe of  claim 15  wherein the first woven fiber comprises a first channel at a first side and a second channel at a second side opposite to the first side. 
     
     
         18 . The heat pipe of  claim 17 , wherein the first channel and the second channel each extends along a longitudinal direction of the first woven fiber. 
     
     
         19 . The heat pipe of  claim 18 , wherein the second woven fiber comprises a first channel at a first side of the second woven fiber and a second channel at a second side opposite to the first side of the second woven fiber. 
     
     
         20 . The heat pipe of  claim 17 , wherein the first channel and the second channel can be a plurality of cavities.