US Patent 10544994 Sheet-shaped heat pipe

A sheet-shaped heat pipe includes a sheet-shaped container, a wick sealed in the container, and a working fluid sealed in the container, the sheet-shaped container including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet, the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet being superposed in direct contact with each other at a peripheral edge portion, and the sheet-shaped container having a thickness of about 0.5 mm or less, and a thin heat dissipating plate that includes the sheet-shaped heat pipe.