Patents by Inventor Ernest C. Phillips, Jr.

Ernest C. Phillips, Jr. 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).

  • Method of forming a wick for a heat pipe
    Patent number: 3964902
    Abstract: A method of forming a tubular wick for a heat pipe. The method is characterized by the steps of forming a wick blank of a predetermined thickness comprising a plurality of superimposed layers of stainless steel mesh screen, wet rolling the blank for reducing the thickness thereof, wrapping the blank about an inner mandrel, compressing the blank into a rigid tubular structure, removing the tubular structure from the mandrel and sintering the tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Frank G. Arcella, Ernest C. Phillips, Jr., Richard P. Sprecace