HEAT PIPE COMPONENT DEPLOYED FROM A COMPACT VOLUME
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Abstract
A component of a heat pipe assembly (100) has hollow fluid transport sections (108) communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections (110); the bendable fluid transport sections (110) being bendable to deploy the transport sections (108) from a compact volume.
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23 Claims
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1-19. -19. (canceled)
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20. A component of a heat pipe assembly comprising:
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hollow rigid fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections wherein the hollow bendable fluid transport sections are bendable to stack the rigid fluid transport sections in a compact volume; and
a liquid line and a fluid line extending through the hollow rigid fluid transport sections and hollow bendable fluid transport sections wherein the liquid line and fluid line are in a concentric relationship to one another. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A heat pipe assembly comprising:
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a hollow envelope having an evaporator and a condenser containing a quantity of working fluid;
hollow rigid fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections wherein the hollow bendable fluid transport sections are bendable to stack the rigid fluid transport sections in a compact volume; and
a liquid line and a fluid line extending through the hollow rigid fluid transport sections and hollow bendable fluid transport sections wherein the liquid line and fluid line are in a concentric relationship to one another.
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