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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.:

US 9868551 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015

Passive thermal system comprising combined heat pipe and phase change material and satellites incorporating same

Applicant:

Worldvu Satellites Limited, St Helier, Jersey, GB;

Inventors:

Alexander 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, St Helier, JE;

Attorney:

Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Len Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Jon T Schermerhorn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/50 (2006.01); F28D 15/04 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/28 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/50 (2013.01); B64G 1/503 (2013.01); B64G 1/506 (2013.01); F28D 15/043 (2013.01); F28D 15/046 (2013.01); B64G 1/10 (2013.01); B64G 1/26 (2013.01); B64G 1/283 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract

A passive thermal system for use in a satellite and other aerospace applications includes a container having a heat-pipe working fluid disposed in a first chamber and a Phase Change Material (PCM) disposed in a second chamber that substantially surrounds the first chamber. The first chamber contains a wick for transporting the heat-pipe working fluid. The exterior of the first chamber has fins, etc., that extend into the PCM for heat spreading and increased interface area.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Smith, Alexander. (2018). Passive thermal system comprising combined heat pipe and phase change material and satellites incorporating same (U.S. Patent No. 9868551). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9868551

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