Patents by Inventor Charles Combes

Charles Combes 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).

  • Dual conduction heat dissipating system for a spacecraft
    Patent number: 7048233
    Abstract: A system dedicated to dissipating heat produced by amplifier tubes of a spacecraft comprises a radiating panel installed substantially parallel to the amplifier tubes and thermally coupled to them to radiate to the outside a portion of the heat that they produce, a radiating receptacle whose walls define a housing adapted to receive the collectors of the amplifier tubes, and preferably a heat distributor that is preferably interleaved between the collectors and one wall of the receptacle to distribute the heat that the collectors produce between the collectors and the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Charles Combes, Jean-Luc Foucher, Pierre Jaubert
  • Dual conduction heat dissipating system for a spacecraft
    Publication number: 20050077432
    Abstract: A system dedicated to dissipating heat produced by amplifier tubes of a spacecraft comprises a radiating panel installed substantially parallel to the amplifier tubes and thermally coupled to them to radiate to the outside a portion of the heat that they produce, a radiating receptacle whose walls define a housing adapted to receive the collectors of the amplifier tubes, and preferably a heat distributor that is preferably interleaved between the collectors and one wall of the receptacle to distribute the heat that the collectors produce between the collectors and the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Charles Combes, Jean-Luc Foucher, Pierre Jaubert