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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

May. 03, 2012
Applicants:

William G. Anderson, Bound Brook, NJ (US);

John R. Hartenstine, Mountville, PA (US);

Kyle S. Van Riper, Avondale, PA (US);

Calin Tarau, Downingtown, PA (US);

Christopher Peters, Olivette, MO (US);

Inventors:

William G. Anderson, Bound Brook, NJ (US);

John R. Hartenstine, Mountville, PA (US);

Kyle S. Van Riper, Avondale, PA (US);

Calin Tarau, Downingtown, PA (US);

Christopher Peters, Olivette, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heat pipe with a capillary structure that consists of heat conductive capillary grooves in the condenser region that meet with a porous wick in the evaporator section. The embodiments include several structures of the interface at the junction of the porous wick and the capillary grooves. One such interface is a simple butt joint. Others have interlocking shapes on the wick and the grooves such as parts of the wick that fit into or around the grooves.


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