Tomoki Yanagida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Abstract: A heat pipe includes a container in which a corrugated portion is formed, the container having a hollow portion formed therein that is sealed, a wick structure provided on an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion and a working fluid enclosed in the hollow portion. The wick structure has a vapor channel penetrating therethrough in a longitudinal direction of the hollow portion, the wick structure producing a capillary force. The wick structure is a sintered body of a powder metal material and projected into a crest portion of the corrugated portion. The wick structure is provided at a region in the crest portion of the corrugated portion and at a position of a trough portion of the corrugated portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 22, 2019
Assignee:
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Kenya Kawabata, Tatsuro Miura, Tomoki Yanagida
Abstract: A heat pipe includes a container in which a corrugated portion is formed, the container having a hollow portion formed therein that is sealed, a wick structure provided on an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion and a working fluid enclosed in the hollow portion. The wick structure has a vapor channel penetrating therethrough in a longitudinal direction of the hollow portion, the wick structure producing a capillary force. The wick structure is a sintered body of a powder metal material and projected into a crest portion of the corrugated portion. The wick structure is provided at a region in the crest portion of the corrugated portion and at a position of a trough portion of the corrugated portion.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 4, 2017
Publication date:
August 17, 2017
Inventors:
Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Kenya Kawabata, Tatsuro Miura, Tomoki Yanagida
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