Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for attaching a heat-emitting device, spacecraft wall and spacecraft
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Application No.: US17414275Application Date: 2019-12-18
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Publication No.: US11377236B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Andrew Walker
- Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Toulouse
- Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Toulouse
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: FR1873211 20181218
- International Application: PCT/FR2019/053141 WO 20191218
- International Announcement: WO2020/128318 WO 20200625
- Main IPC: B64G1/50
- IPC: B64G1/50

Abstract:
A method for attaching a heat-emitting device and a capillary heat pipe to a panel of a spacecraft wall is disclosed including the steps of: a) positioning a capillary heat pipe on a portion of the panel; attaching female attachment bodies to the panel, the female attachment bodies protruding relative to the capillary heat pipe; c) placing a thermally-conductive and self-curing paste over a portion of the capillary heat pipe or over a heat-emitting device; d) placing a heat-emitting device on the thermally-conductive and self-curing paste and on the female attachment bodies, said heat-emitting device bearing against and being in direct contact with the female attachment bodies, and e) attaching the heat-emitting device and said capillary heat pipe to the panel by attaching male attachment members to the female attachment bodies.
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