US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on April 14 for "Systems and methods for thermal management using separable heat pipes and methods of manufacture thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,548, issued on April 14, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for thermal management using separable heat pipes and methods of manufacture thereof" was invented by Weibo Chen (Pasadena, Calif.), Benjamin I. Furst (Altadena, Calif.) and Scott N. Roberts (Altadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for thermal management using separable heat pipes and methods of manufacture thereof. Various embodiments provide a porous insert that can be used to join or connect heat pipes. Further embodiments provide thermal management systems that are modular, expandable, ...