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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald R Senterfitt, Jupiter, FL (US);
James R Mullaly, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Larry D Hamner, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abdus S Khan, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
John G Smeggil, Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ; B64C / ; B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165 41 ; 62-7 ; 165169 ; 2441 / ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
Heat pipe (10) includes an acute angle leading wedge shape form (38) with a radiused leading edge (26). Engine fuel supply (65) cools the trailing wedge shape form (40). The intense heat flux at the leading edge is cleanly dissipated and spread over substantial heat pipe cooling surface (64, 66). A coating (36) on the external surface of the leading edge wedge shape form is formed of a layer of iridium and a layer of oxide.