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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin A Kumley, Dallas, OR (US);
Daniel L Simpson, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt W Swanson, Kent, WA (US);
Bryan L Beck, Temecula, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Corporation/Space Systems Div, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73708 ; 73431 ; 73756 ; 361386 ;
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a thermal protection systems for protecting instrumentation transducers having a low maximum operating temperature in the range of 200 degree F. to 900 degrees F. when exposed to operating environment greater than 2000 degrees F. The embodiments of the protection system include the use of zinc solid-to-liquid phase change as a heat sink, water-to-steam phase change as a heat sink and thermal electric cooling combined with a multi-foil insulation material.