Patent ID: 9423841
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B23P,F28D,G06F,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A heat pipe, comprising: a sealed housing having an outer surface, an inner surface, vapor cavities, two ends and a height less than a predetermined value, wherein the sealed housing includes a wicking material along at least a portion of the inner surface, and wherein the sealed housing includes a thermal transport material in a liquid state; and heat exchangers, thermally coupled to the sealed housing, at condenser regions of the sealed housing proximate to the ends of the sealed housing, wherein, during operation of the heat pipe, the sealed housing is configured to support a two-phase bidirectional flow of the thermal transport material in the liquid state in the wicking material and in a gas state in the vapor cavities to transport thermal power over a distance from an evaporator region of the sealed housing to the heat exchangers; wherein the heat exchangers are configured to transfer the thermal power from the sealed housing to an environment external to the heat pipe; and wherein a product of the thermal power and the distance exceeds a second predetermined value.