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US 8,286,694 · App. 12/825,733 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Chemically compatible, lightweight heat pipe

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Patent No.
US 8,286,694
App. No.
12/825,733
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus including aluminum alloy vessel, the vessel including aluminum in combination with a gettering metal and a method for making such apparatus.

Claims (10)

1. A heat transfer device comprising:

a vessel made from an aluminum alloy that includes a getter metal;

the vessel having a hollow interior cavity;

a working fluid is contained in the interior cavity, wherein a stable protective layer is formed from the getter metal and the working fluid on an inside wall of the cavity and wherein water is charged into the hollow interior cavity as the working fluid.

2. The heat transfer device of claim 1 wherein the getter metal is selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, hafnium and yttrium.

3. A heat transfer device comprising:

a vessel made from an aluminum alloy that includes a getter metal;

the vessel having a hollow interior cavity;

a working fluid is contained in the interior cavity, wherein a stable protective layer is formed from the getter metal and the working fluid on an inside wall of the cavity; and wherein ammonia is charged into the hollow interior cavity as the working fluid.

4. The heat transfer device of claim 3 , wherein the getter metal is selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, hafnium and yttrium.

Assignments (11)
RELEASE (REEL047028/FRAME0743) Recorded Jul 30, 2024
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC (NOW KNOWN AS BOYD LACONIA, LLC; NUVENTIX, INC.; THERMAL CORP. (NOW KNOWN AS AAVID THERMAL CORP.; CSI MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 068195/0243 →
RELEASE OF FIRST LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (042477/0565) Recorded Sep 10, 2018
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AND COLLATERAL AGENT
To: LTI HOLDINGS, INC.; AAVID NIAGARA, LLC; AAVID THERMACORE, INC.; AAVID THERMAL CORP.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC,; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; NUVENTIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 047052/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECOND LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (042477/0643) Recorded Sep 10, 2018
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AND COLLATERAL AGENT
To: LTI HOLDINGS, INC.; AAVID NIAGARA, LLC; AAVID THERMACORE, INC.; AAVID THERMAL CORP.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; NUVENTIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 047223/0380 →
SECOND LIEN SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2018
From: LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC; NUVENTIX, INC.; AAVID THERMAL CORP. (F/K/A THERMAL CORP.); CSI MEDICAL, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 047028/0743 →
FIRST LIEN SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2018
From: LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC; NUVENTIX, INC.; AAVID THERMAL CORP. (F/K/A THERMAL CORP.); CSI MEDICAL, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 047026/0666 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 40355/0672 Recorded May 23, 2017
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS SUCCESSOR TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
To: THERMAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 042554/0151 →
FIRST LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2017
From: LTI HOLDINGS, INC.; AAVID NIAGARA, LLC; AAVID THERMACORE, INC.; AAVID THERMAL CORP.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; NUVENTIX, INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 042477/0565 →
SECOND LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2017
From: LTI HOLDINGS, INC.; AAVID NIAGARA, LLC; AAVID THERMACORE, INC.; AAVID THERMAL CORP.; AAVID THERMALLOY, LLC; LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC.; LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC.; NUVENTIX, INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 042477/0643 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 026039/0865 Recorded Oct 28, 2016
From: SANTANDER BANK, N.A. F/K/A SOVEREIGN BANK
To: THERMAL CORP.; THERMACORE, INC.
Reel/Frame 040508/0649 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 035134/0363 Recorded Oct 20, 2016
From: PINE STREET CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
To: THERMAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 040425/0584 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2016
From: THERMAL CORP.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 040355/0672 →