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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2023
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Jeffrey Shoup, Delmont, PA (US);
Clinton B. Armstrong, Slippery Rock, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A transition piece for joining heat pipe segments in a joining process is provided. The transition piece comprises a head section, a body section, a tail section and alignment tabs configured to facilitate a rotational alignment of an end of the body section and an end of a heat pipe segment during the joining process. The body section comprises a wick and an outer wall. Each of the alignment tabs comprises an end portion axially extending away from the body section. The body section and the alignment tabs are configured as an integral structure. A method for producing a transition piece of a heat pipe and a method for joining segments of a heat pipe are also provided.