ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,219, issued on June 16, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Methods for forming a wick" was invented by Christopher M. Nestor III (Murrysville, Pa.), Tyler Imprescia (Cranberry Township, Pa.), John Lojek III (Latrobe, Pa.) and Michael A. LaPresti (Greensburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an annular wick for a heat pipe is disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of layers of wick material around an elongate rod; placing the elongate rod and the layers of wick material into a central die opening of an annular die assembly; placing the rod, the layers of wick mat...