Invention relates to a method for attaching a heat-dissipating piece of equipment and a capillary heat pipe to a panel of a wall of a spacecraft, said method comprising the following steps: a) positioning (18) a capillary heat pipe on part of the panel; b) attaching (26) female attachment bodies to the panel, the female attachment bodies projecting with respect to the capillary heat pipe; c) placing (38) a thermally-conducting and self-curing paste over part of the capillary heat pipe or over a heat-dissipating piece of equipment; d) placing (46) a heat-dissipating piece of equipment on the thermally-conducting and self-curing paste and on the female attachment bodies, said heat-dissipating piece of equipment bearing against and being in direct contact with the female attachment bodies, and e) attaching (48) the heat-dissipating piece of equipment and said capillary heat pipe to the panel by attaching male attachment elements to the female attachment elements.
Method for attaching a heat-dissipating piece of equipment, spacecraft wall and spacecraft
2021-12-09
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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