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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Hamidreza Shabgard, Norman, OK (US);
Amir Faghri, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kenneth Goodson, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mehdi Asheghi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
The Board of the Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
The University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A charging cable apparatus having a connector, an electrically-conductive cable extending from the connector, the cable configured to be connectable to a charging station for receiving a charging current from the charging station, and having a heat pipe with a phase change section having a wicking structure, the wicking structure having a working fluid therein during operation for receiving heat generated during current flow within the cable. The charging cable apparatus may further have an external condensing surface in fluid communication with the phase change section of the heat pipe for accelerating condensation of evaporated working fluid. The charging cable apparatus may be connected to a charging station for charging an electric battery such as a battery of an electric vehicle.