US Patent Issued to Raytheon on May 26 for "Tunable thermal transfer within an oscillating heat pipe" (California, Connecticut, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,248, issued on May 26, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Tunable thermal transfer within an oscillating heat pipe" was invented by Tuan Duong (Goleta, Calif.), James S. Wilson (Dallas) and Miad Yazdani (East Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunable oscillating heat pipe system that includes an oscillating closed loop heat pipe configured for movement of a fluid in an internal passage in the closed loop to transfer heat from a first portion of the closed loop to a second portion. The heat pipe system further includes a valve arranged in a section of the internal passage movable between an open position and...