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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward S Hickey, Dover, MA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 244163 ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
Apparatus for holding a space vehicle at a constant temperature including llular sandwich on the outer surface of the space vehicle, the cellular sandwich having two outer layers and translucent cells between the two outer layers, the translucent cells containing phase change material, the outer layer that is more distant from the space vehicle able to transmit sunlight to the translucent cells and able to transmit radiation away from the translucent cells, the phase change material absorbing sunlight and radiating energy to maintain the space vehicle at a constant temperature in sunlight and darkness.