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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2006
John G. Keller, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert M. Moy, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Jane R. Felland, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
John G. Keller, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert M. Moy, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Jane R. Felland, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention discloses differing embodiments of thermal control coatings, spacecraft components having coatings, and methods for controlling the temperature of a component. In one embodiment, a thermal control coating under the invention may include one or more thermochromic multi-layer coatings and one or more solar rejection multi-layer coatings. The thermal control coating may have one or more transition temperatures at which the solar absorptance of the solar rejection coating substantially stays the same, while a thermal emittance of the thermochromic coating substantially changes.