Loop-type heat pipe
AssigneeShinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshihiro Machida
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Abstract
A loop-type heat pipe includes an evaporator configured to vaporize an operating fluid, a condenser configured to liquefy the operating fluid, a liquid pipe configured to interconnect the evaporator and the condenser, a steam pipe configured to interconnect the evaporator and the condenser and to form a loop together with the liquid pipe, a porous body provided in the liquid pipe and configured to retain therein the liquid operating fluid, and a solid columnar support provided in the liquid pipe and configured to guide the operating fluid liquefied by the condenser to the porous body. At least one first groove is formed at a side surface of the columnar support.
Claims9
A loop-type heat pipe comprising:
- an evaporator configured to vaporize an operating fluid;
- a condenser configured to liquefy the operating fluid;
- a liquid pipe configured to interconnect the evaporator and the condenser;
- a steam pipe configured to interconnect the evaporator and the condenser and to form a loop together with the liquid pipe;
- a porous body provided in the liquid pipe and configured to retain therein the liquid operating fluid;
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- a solid columnar support provided in the liquid pipe and configured to guide the operating fluid liquefied by the condenser to the porous body,
- wherein at least one first groove is formed at a side surface of the columnar support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.