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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Tunc Icoz, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, Latham, NY (US);
Bruce Courtney Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Tunc Icoz, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, Latham, NY (US);
Bruce Courtney Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermal management system for cooling a heat generating component of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus includes at least one heat pipe having a portion disposed proximate the heat generating component, such as a gradient coil and/or RF coil. When heat is removed from the component, a working fluid in a relatively hotter end of the heat pipe vaporizes and travels toward a relatively colder end of the heat pipe. The colder end may be operatively coupled to a heat sink for removing the heat from the colder end and increase the overall efficiency of the system. The heat pipe may be disposed along a horizontal, a vertical direction and/or along a diagonal of the heat generating component.