Patents by Inventor David Strafford

David Strafford 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).

  • Isothermalized mirror assembly
    Patent number: 10852505
    Abstract: An isothermalized mirror assembly is a mirror structure that uses a heat pipe to isothermalize heat loads. The isothermalized mirror assembly includes at least one mirror unit and a quantity of thermally-convective fluid. The mirror unit includes a vacuum enclosure, a capillary medium, at least one reflector, and a plurality of cross supports. The vacuum enclosure is the structural base of the isothermalized mirror assembly and is used to retain a vacuum and the thermally-convective fluid. The cross supports are mounted within the vacuum enclosure and increases the structural integrity of the vacuum enclosure. The capillary medium is mounted across the interior of the vacuum enclosure and about each cross support. The capillary medium and the thermally-convective fluid work in conjunction to form a heat pipe within the vacuum enclosure. The reflector is externally mounted to the vacuum enclosure in order to redirect EM radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SOTER TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: David Strafford, Diana Strafford
  • Isothermalized Mirror Assembly
    Publication number: 20200319426
    Abstract: An isothermalized mirror assembly is a mirror structure that uses a heat pipe to isothermalize heat loads. The isothermalized mirror assembly includes at least one mirror unit and a quantity of thermally-convective fluid. The mirror unit includes a vacuum enclosure, a capillary medium, at least one reflector, and a plurality of cross supports. The vacuum enclosure is the structural base of the isothermalized mirror assembly and is used to retain a vacuum and the thermally-convective fluid. The cross supports are mounted within the vacuum enclosure and increases the structural integrity of the vacuum enclosure. The capillary medium is mounted across the interior of the vacuum enclosure and about each cross support. The capillary medium and the thermally-convective fluid work in conjunction to form a heat pipe within the vacuum enclosure. The reflector is externally mounted to the vacuum enclosure in order to redirect EM radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: David Strafford, Diana Strafford
  • Light-weight mirror blank assembly
    Patent number: 7766494
    Abstract: A light-weight mirror blank assembly, having at least one sheet of corrugated material; and at least one face sheet in intimate contact with a surface of the sheet of corrugated material forming the light-weight mirror blank assembly. The light-weight mirror blank assembly has an areal density less than an equivalent blank assembly having a solid support structure for supporting a mirrored surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Desmitt, David Strafford
  • Light-weight mirror blank assembly
    Publication number: 20060012895
    Abstract: A light-weight mirror blank assembly, having at least one sheet of corrugated material; and at least one face sheet in intimate contact with a surface of the sheet of corrugated material forming the light-weight mirror blank assembly. The light-weight mirror blank assembly has an areal density less than an equivalent blank assembly having a solid support structure for supporting a mirrored surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Desmitt, David Strafford