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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
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);
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);
Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
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.