Patent ID: 7553072

Claim:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe comprising: an immovable portion having a heating member located therein for heating an evaporating section of the heat pipe; a movable portion capable of moving relative to the immovable portion; a receiving structure being defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the evaporating section of the heat pipe therein; and at least one temperature sensor being attached to at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion for thermally contacting the heat pipe in the receiving structure for detecting temperature of the heat pipe; wherein the receiving structure is a channel defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion; wherein the at least one temperature sensor has a detecting section thereof exposed to the channel; wherein at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion has at least one positioning structure communicating with the channel, the at least one temperature sensor being positioned in the at least one positioning structure; wherein the at least one temperature sensor comprises two wires, each of the two wires comprising first and second sections and the detecting section being located between the first and second sections; wherein the at least one temperature sensor is positioned in a positioning socket movably fitted in a through hole of the positioning structure of at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion; and wherein the positioning socket defines four through apertures therethrough, and wherein each of the wires of the at least one temperature sensor has the first section thereof fitted in one of the through apertures, the second section fitted in another through aperture, and the detecting section located at a bottom of the socket for contacting with the heat pipe, and wherein an end of the second section extends away from the another through hole for connecting with a monitoring computer.