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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2024
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Christopher M. Nestor, III, Murrysville, PA (US);
Tyler Imprescia, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
John Lojek, III, Latrobe, PA (US);
Michael A. Lapresti, Greensburg, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of forming an annular wick for a heat pipe is disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of layers of wick material around an elongate rod; placing the elongate rod and the layers of wick material into a central die opening of an annular die assembly; placing the rod, the layers of wick material, and the annular die assembly into a central clamp opening of a clamp, where the clamp is configured to hold the rod, the layers of wick material, and the annular die assembly together; and heating the rod, the layers of wick material, the annular die assembly, and the clamp to a temperature sufficient to thermally expand the rod toward the central die opening of the annular die assembly to compress the layers of wick material between the rod and the central die opening of the annular die assembly.