US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on April 8 for "Internal hydroforming method for manufacturing heat pipe wicks" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,196, issued on April 8, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Internal hydroforming method for manufacturing heat pipe wicks" was invented by John Lojek III (Latrobe, Pa.), Matthew M. Swartz (Claridge, Pa.) and William A. Byers (Murrysville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming assembly configured to form a wick is disclosed. The forming assembly includes an expandable tube and a forming shell assembly. The expandable tube is hydraulically expandable to an expanded configuration. A wick mesh is configured to be wrapped about the expandable tube. The forming shell assembly includes a first f...