US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on Oct. 21 for "Internal hydroforming method for manufacturing heat pipe wicks utilizing a hollow mandrel and sheath" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,521, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Internal hydroforming method for manufacturing heat pipe wicks utilizing a hollow mandrel and sheath" was invented by John Lojek (Valencia, Pa.), Matthew M Swartz (Claridge, Pa.), William A. Byers (Murrysville, Pa.), Gregory A. Kustra (Gibsonia, Pa.) and David M. Gross (Gibsonia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming assembly for forming a wick is disclosed. The forming assembly includes a tube inflatable to an inflated configuration. A wick mesh is configured to be wrapped about the tube. The forming assembly further includes a s...