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US 2025/0135519 A1Published application
Thermally broken structural tube
OwnerTodd Noeinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a structural metal tube with a built-in thermal break composed of only four components, two metal extruded portions and two composite strut portions. The thermal break between the metallic portions interrupts the otherwise high thermal conductivity that would exist if the metallic portions were joined. The low-thermal-conductivity composite strut portions disrupt the thermal conductivity between the metallic portions.
Claims4
A thermally-broken tube comprising;
- two metallic portions;
- two composite portions;
- the metallic portions have internal slots;
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- the composite portions have flanges operative to fit within the internal slots of the metallic portions establishing a firm, tight, construction with a gap between the metallic portion's edges that breaks thermal conductivity between the two metallic portions.
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