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Patent No.:

US 10392135 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015

Satellite radiator panels with combined stiffener/heat pipe

Applicant:

Worldvu Satellites Limited, St Helier, Jersey, CH;

Inventors:

Alexander D. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);

Daniel W. Field, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Armen Askijian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

James Grossman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

WorldVu Satellites Limited, McLean, VA (US);

Attorney:

Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Richard R Green

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/50 (2006.01); B64G 1/58 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01); F28F 1/16 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/28 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01); F28F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/503 (2013.01); B64G 1/506 (2013.01); B64G 1/58 (2013.01); F28D 15/0233 (2013.01); F28D 15/0275 (2013.01); F28F 1/16 (2013.01); B64G 1/10 (2013.01); B64G 1/283 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/50 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); F28F 2013/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A passive thermal system for use in satellites includes a solid radiator panel with a plurality of heat pipes attached to a surface thereof. In addition to their heat transporting capability, the heat pipes strengthen the radiator panel to which they are coupled. In some embodiments, the heat pipes are structurally modified to increase their area moment of inertia.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Smith, Alexander. (2019). Satellite radiator panels with combined stiffener/heat pipe (U.S. Patent No. 10392135). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10392135

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