Patents by Inventor Edward R. Lukas

Edward R. Lukas 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).

  • Satellite direct radiating electronic packaging and related method
    Patent number: 6713675
    Abstract: A spacecraft electronics module in which electronics components (16) are housed in a box (12) that is mounted directly on a radiator panel structure, which includes a radiator panel (40′) and a thermally conductive backing panel (42). The radiator panel structure is secured in such a way that the conductive backing panel (42) serves as a baseplate for the box (12) and heat from the electronics components is, therefore, conducted as directly as possible to the radiator panel (40′). Maintenance or replacement of the electronics components is effected without removal of the box from its installed location, by instead removing the radiator panel structure to permit direct access to components in the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventor: Edward R. Lukas
  • Satellite direct radiating electronic packaging and related method
    Publication number: 20030159845
    Abstract: A spacecraft electronics module in which electronics components (16) are housed in a box (12) that is mounted directly on a radiator panel structure, which includes a radiator panel (40′) and a thermally conductive backing panel (42). The radiator panel structure is secured in such a way that the conductive backing panel (42) serves as a baseplate for the box (12) and heat from the electronics components is, therefore, conducted as directly as possible to the radiator panel (40′). Maintenance or replacement of the electronics components is effected without removal of the box from its installed location, by instead removing the radiator panel structure to permit direct access to components in the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Edward R. Lukas