Penetration-free heat transfer system
AssigneeGovernment of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorJonathan Allison
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Abstract
A heat transfer system. The heat transfer system has a barrier having a first side and a second side, the first side disposed on a hot side of the heat transfer system and the second side being disposed on the cold side of the heat transfer system. A first plurality of protrusions extends from the first side of the barrier, and a second plurality of protrusions extend from the second side of the barrier. A first heat pipe having a first plurality of flanges is joined on the first side of the barrier by fasteners engaging the first plurality of protrusions. A second heat pipe having a second plurality of flanges is joined to the second plurality of flanges being joined on the second side of the barrier by fasteners engaging the second plurality of protrusions.
Claims20
A heat transfer system, comprising,
- a barrier having a first side and a second side, the first side disposed on a hot side of the heat transfer system and the second side being disposed on the cold side of the heat transfer system;
- a first plurality of protrusions on the first side of the barrier, and a second plurality of protrusions on the second side of the barrier;
- a first heat pipe having a first plurality of flanges, the first plurality of flanges being joined on the first side of the barrier by fasteners engaging the first plurality of protrusions;
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- a second heat pipe having a second plurality of flanges, the second plurality of flanges being joined on the second side of the barrier by fasteners engaging the second plurality of protrusions.
A space vehicle heat transfer system, comprising,
- a space vehicle comprising an outer wall separating the crew cabin from outer space;
- the outer wall configured with at least one barrier having a first side and a second side, the first side disposed on a hot side of the heat transfer system and the second side being disposed on the cold side of the heat transfer system;
- a first plurality of protrusions on the first side of the barrier, and a second plurality of protrusions on the second side of the barrier;
- on at least one barrier a first heat pipe having a first plurality of flanges, the first plurality of flanges being joined on the first side of the at least one barrier by fasteners engaging the first plurality of protrusions;
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- a second heat pipe having a second plurality of flanges, the second plurality of flanges being joined on the second side of the at least one barrier by fasteners engaging the second plurality of protrusions.
A heat transfer system, comprising, a barrier having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface disposed on a hot side of a heat transfer system and the second surface being disposed on the cold side of the heat transfer system;
- a first plurality of protrusions on the first side of the barrier, each of the first plurality of protrusions having blind internal threads, and a second plurality of protrusions on the second surface of the barrier, each of the second plurality of protrusions having blind internal threads;
- a first heat pipe having a first plurality of flanges, the first plurality of flanges being joined on the first surface of the barrier by a plurality of first fasteners engaging the blind internal threads of the first plurality of protrusions;
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- a second heat pipe having a second plurality of flanges, the second plurality of flanges being joined on the second surface of the barrier by a plurality of second fasteners engaging the blind internal threads of the second plurality of protrusions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.