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Active cooling of high speed seeker missile domes and radomes

  • US 8,933,860 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2013
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A thermal management system for active cooling of high speed seeker missile domes or radomes comprising:

  • a heat pipe system having effective thermal conductivity of 10-20,000 W/m*K and comprising one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes;

    an IR dome or RF radome bonded to said one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes; and

    supporting integrating structure including a surface bonded to the IR dome or RF radome that matches the coefficient of thermal expansion of the dome or radome material and that of said one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes.

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