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US 2026/0274448 A1Published application
Flexible heat pipe
AssigneeGovernment of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorJonathan Allison
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Abstract
A flexible heat pipe. The flexible heat pipe has an evaporator portion and a condenser portion joined to the evaporator portion by a flexible portion. The flexible portion is a metal corrugated hose with radial corrugations and axial corrugations.
Claims13
A flexible heat pipe, comprising,
- an evaporator portion;
- a condenser portion joined to the evaporator portion by a flexible portion;
- and
- wherein the flexible portion is a metal corrugated hose with radial corrugations and axial corrugations.
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A space vehicle system, comprising,
- a space vehicle comprising a first thermally functional object and a second thermally functional object, the second thermally functional object being deployed from and connected to the first thermally functional object;
- and
- a flexible heat pipe, the flexible heat pipe comprising a flexible portion, wherein the flexible portion is a metal corrugated hose with radial corrugations and axial corrugations, and further wherein the flexible portion is joined to an evaporator portion in heat transfer contact with the first thermally functional object and a condenser portion in heat transfer contact with the second thermally functional object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.