Abstract: An economical heat pipe type cooling device with high performance and stable start at low environmental temperatures below 0° C., and a railcar control equipment using the invented heat pipe type cooling device are provided. The midsection between two bents formed on a heat pipe is used as an evaporator; lengths of two distal sections to be used as the condenser sections are intentionally differentiated each from the other; and the condenser section of greater length is provided with heat radiating fins more than those on the condenser section of shorter length. This configuration permits each of two condenser sections to be provided with mutually different condensing capacity and accordingly the condenser section of shorter length works to cool heat-generating elements even though the condenser section of greater length would suffer from freezing problem at low temperatures. A sufficient cooling effect is rendered at ordinary temperature.

Abstract: An economical heat pipe type cooling device with high performance and stable start at low environmental temperatures below 0° C., and a railcar control equipment using the invented heat pipe type cooling device are provided. The midsection between two bents formed on a heat pipe is used as an evaporator; lengths of two distal sections to be used as the condenser sections are intentionally differentiated each from the other; and the condenser section of greater length is provided with heat radiating fins more than those on the condenser section of shorter length. This configuration permits each of two condenser sections to be provided with mutually different condensing capacity and accordingly the condenser section of shorter length works to cool heat-generating elements even though the condenser section of greater length would suffer from freezing problem at low temperatures. A sufficient cooling effect is rendered at ordinary temperature.

Abstract: A heat pipe heat sink and a method for making the same are disclosed. A heat pipe heat sink 1 has a heat block 2 which is heat exchangeably mounted to a heat exchange object, and the heat block 2 is composed of a first heat block unit 5 and a second heat block unit 6 for sandwiching a heat pipe 3. A first concave groove 5A and a second concave groove 6A are provided to form a pipe holding hole 2A between the first heat block unit 5 and the second heat block unit 6. The pipe holding hole 2A is configured as a space for accommodating one end of the heat pipe 3 by plastically deforming a cross section of the heat pipe 3 by sandwiching between the first heat block unit 5 and the second heat block unit 6. According to the heat pipe heat sink, reduction in cost, high heat transfer between the heat pipe and heat block, and stability in the heat pipe retention can be obtained.