Patent ID: 7547139

Claim:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe comprising: an immovable portion having a cooling structure defined therein for cooling the heat pipe requiring test; a movable portion capable of moving relative to the immovable portion and having a cooling structure defined therein for cooling the heat pipe; a receiving structure being located between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the heat pipe therein; a concavo-convex cooperating structure defined in the immovable portion and the movable portion for avoiding the movable portion from deviating from the immovable portion to ensure the receiving structure being capable of receiving the heat pipe precisely; at least a 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; and an enclosure enclosing the immovable portion and the movable portions therein, and defining a space for movement of the movable portion relative to the immovable portion; wherein the cooling structure of the immovable portion comprises a coolant passageway defined in the immovable portion and inlet and outlet adapted for fludically communicating a coolant circulating device with the coolant passageway in the immovable portion; wherein the cooling structure of the movable portion comprises a coolant passageway defined in the movable portion and inlet and outlet adapted for fludically communicating a coolant circulating device with the coolant passageway in the movable portion; and wherein the receiving structure is a channel defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion.