Patents by Inventor D. Michele Heath

D. Michele Heath has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of remotely characterizing thermal properties of a sample
    Patent number: 5131758
    Abstract: A sample in a wind tunnel is radiated from a thermal energy source exteriorly of the wind tunnel. A thermal imager system, also located exteriorly of the wind tunnel, reads surface radiations from the sample as a function of time. The produced thermal images are characteristic of the heat transferred from the sample to the flow across the sample. In turn, the measured rates of heat loss of the sample are characteristic of the flow and the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Joseph S. Heyman, D. Michele Heath, Christopher Welch, William P. Winfree, William E. Miller
  • Thermal remote anemometer system
    Patent number: 5085073
    Abstract: A sample in a wind tunnel is radiated from a thermal energy source exteriorly of the wind tunnel. A thermal imager system, also located exteriorly of the wind tunnel, reads surface radiations from the sample as a function of time. The produced thermal images are characteristic of the heat transferred from the sample to the flow across the sample. In turn, the measured rates of heat loss of the sample are characteristic of the flow and the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administator of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Joseph S. Heyman, D. Michele Heath, Christopher S. Welch, William P. Winfree, William E. Miller