Patents Assigned to U.S. Goverment, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Composite material switches
    Publication number: 20020050908
    Abstract: A device to protect electronic circuitry from high voltage transients is constructed from a relatively thin piece of conductive composite sandwiched between two conductors so that conduction is through the thickness of the composite piece. The device is based on the discovery that conduction through conductive composite materials in this configuration switches to a high resistance mode when exposed to voltages above a threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: U.S. Goverment, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Hamid Javadi