Patents by Inventor Rolland HOLMES

Rolland HOLMES 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).

  • Heat pipe with axial wick
    Patent number: 11745901
    Abstract: A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay H. Ambrose, Rolland Holmes
  • HEAT PIPE WITH AXIAL WICK
    Publication number: 20200223565
    Abstract: A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jay H. AMBROSE, Rolland HOLMES
  • Heat pipe with axial wick
    Patent number: 10538345
    Abstract: A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jay H. Ambrose, Rolland Holmes
  • Heat pipe with axial wick
    Patent number: 9315280
    Abstract: A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jay H. Ambrose, Rolland Holmes
  • HEAT PIPE WITH AXIAL WICK
    Publication number: 20160102921
    Abstract: A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jay H. AMBROSE, Rolland HOLMES