Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Lamp

Thomas R. Lamp 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).

  • Thermal jacket for elongated structures
    Patent number: 4346643
    Abstract: An arrangement for reducing non-symmetrical, thermally induced strains in a gun tube (12) comprising a heat pipe jacket (18) in thermal engagement with the gun tube to provide both high radial and circumferential thermal conductance from the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Peter F. Taylor, Harold J. Tuchyner, Algerd Basiulis, Thomas R. Lamp
  • Water heat pipe with improved compatability
    Patent number: 4043387
    Abstract: Tantalum and like metals, when added to a water/ferrous metal heat pipe in the form of a foil, gauze or wire, acts as a hydrogen getter in order to counteract the otherwise incompatability of the heat pipe enclosure material with the water working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Lamp