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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2024
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
John Lojek, III, Latrobe, PA (US);
Tyler Imprescia, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Rory A.F. Blunt, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher M. Nestor, Murrysville, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A heat pipe includes: an elongate tube defining a longitudinal axis; an annular wick positioned in the elongate tube; a wick plug positioned in the elongate tube and attached to an end of the annular wick, where the wick plug includes an annular body defining an opening; a thermal expansion modification device including: an annular plug attached to an end of the elongate tube; and an elongate stem extending from the annular plug and through the opening in the wick plug, where the elongate stem defines a protrusion extending radially relative to the longitudinal axis toward the elongate tube, and where the wick plug is positioned intermediate the protrusion and the annular plug; and an end cap attached to the annular plug.
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