Patent ID: 7445380

Claim:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe comprising: an immovable portion having a first heating member located therein for heating an evaporating section of the heat pipe; a movable portion capable of moving relative to the immovable portion and having a second heating member located therein for heating the evaporating section of the heat pipe; a receiving structure being defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the evaporating section of 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 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; and an enclosure enclosing the immovable portion and the movable portions therein, and defining a space therein for movement of the movable portion relative to the immovable portion.