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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Daniel E. Driemeyer, Manchester, MO (US);

John C. Waldrop, Iii, Saint Peters, MO (US);

Victor Blakemore Slaughter, Manchester, MO (US);

Jonathan D. Embler, Tustin, CA (US);

James P. Ledesma, Long Beach, CA (US);

Robert D. Keeler, Jr., Maryland Hts., MO (US);

Inventors:

Daniel E. Driemeyer, Manchester, MO (US);

John C. Waldrop, III, Saint Peters, MO (US);

Victor Blakemore Slaughter, Manchester, MO (US);

Jonathan D. Embler, Tustin, CA (US);

James P. Ledesma, Long Beach, CA (US);

Robert D. Keeler, Jr., Maryland Hts., MO (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/52 (2006.01); B64C 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A passive non-ablating thermally protective structure body is disclosed. An improved-reliability heat pipe edge comprises a non-porous material formed into a wedge-shaped chamber, and a porous layer. The porous layer extends from interior surfaces of the non-porous material to provide capillary wicking.


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