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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
John F Leonard, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428457 ; 428402 ;
Abstract
A small particle porous material rigid wicking structure and a method of fabrication therefor are disclosed. The structure is fabricated from micron sized uniformly graded and shaped powder particles using a viscous slurry starting material and a one step or multiple step heating sequence. Details describing typical heat pipe and battery component uses of the porous material are included. Superior liquid conveying performance is achieved with the described porous material.