Patent ID: 7530734

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