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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Seiji Yamashita, Gotenba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A heat pipe provided inside with a wick formed of a porous membrane having a hydrophilic treated first surface and a water-repellent treated second surface, wherein the porous membrane separates a working fluid passage from a vapor passage such that the hydrophilic treated surface faces the working fluid passage and the water-repellent treated surface faces the vapor passage, and a heat pipe provided inside with a wick formed by laminating at least two porous membranes each having a hydrophilic treated first surface and a water-repellent treated second surface such that surfaces subjected to the same treatment face each other and the laminate is wound up.