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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Jay H. Ambrose, Saratoga, CA (US);
Rolland Holmes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/04 (2006.01); B64G 1/50 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/503 (2013.01); B64G 1/506 (2013.01); F28D 15/0241 (2013.01); F28D 15/0275 (2013.01); F28D 15/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.