US 12,092,531 B2
Oscillating heat pipe based energy beam profiler and calorimeter
Wade Lawrence Klennert, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Ralph Russell Galetti, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,067.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,628, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090971 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01K 17/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/16 (2006.01); G01K 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 17/003 (2013.01) [G01K 1/16 (2013.01); G01K 5/04 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy beam profiler and calorimeter (EPC) comprising:
a target board having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the target board is configured to receive an impinging energy beam at the front surface of the target board;
a first plurality of oscillating heat pipes arranged as columns on a first plate;
a second plurality of oscillating heat pipes arranged as rows on a second plate;
a plurality of column probes in thermal communication with the first plurality of oscillating heat pipes and
a plurality of row probes in thermal communication with the second plurality of oscillating heat pipes,
wherein the first plate and second plate are adjacent to and in thermal communication with the back surface of the target board.