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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Todd A. Jankowski, Los Alamos, NM (US);
F. Coyne Prenger, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Joseph A. Waynert, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Todd A. Jankowski, Los Alamos, NM (US);
F. Coyne Prenger, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Joseph A. Waynert, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a crank-shaped heat pipe for cooling rotating machinery and a corresponding method of manufacture. The crank-shaped heat pipe comprises a sealed cylindrical tube with an enclosed inner wick structure. The crank-shaped heat pipe includes a condenser section, an adiabatic section, and an evaporator section. The crank-shape is defined by a first curve and a second curve existing in the evaporator section or the adiabatic section of the heat pipe. A working fluid within the heat pipe provides the heat transfer mechanism.