Patents by Inventor G. Douglas Long

G. Douglas Long 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 and apparatus for jet blast deflection
    Patent number: 8360361
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for passive jet blast deflection or the like. Use of the passive jet blast deflector permits the efficient dispersal of a fast moving local heat source into the environment through passive means while providing a high strength structure. The jet blast deflector system may include a first plate, a second plate, and a cellular core disposed between them adapted to allow cooling ambient air to flow through the cellular core, wherein the first plate, second plate, and core are all seamlessly coupled heat pipes that form a single vapor core to facilitate the spreading and even storing of thermal energy. An ejector plate may be attached to the top of the second plate to create a low pressure zone as the heat source passes over it, thereby pulling the ambient air through the cellular core, facilitating the removal the thermal energy from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Haydn N. G. Wadley, Douglas T. Queheillalt, Hossein Haj-Hariri, Anthony G. Evans, George P. Peterson, Robert Kurtz, G. Douglas Long, Yellapu V. Murty
  • Method and Apparatus for Jet Blast Deflection
    Publication number: 20110042512
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for passive jet blast deflection or the like. Use of the passive jet blast deflector permits the efficient dispersal of a fast moving local heat source into the environment through passive means while providing a high strength structure. The jet blast deflector system may include a first plate, a second plate, and a cellular core disposed between them adapted to allow cooling ambient air to flow through the cellular core, wherein the first plate, second plate, and core are all seamlessly coupled heat pipes that form a single vapor core to facilitate the spreading and even storing of thermal energy. An ejector plate may be attached to the top of the second plate to create a low pressure zone as the heat source passes over it, thereby pulling the ambient air through the cellular core, facilitating the removal the thermal energy from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Haydn N.G. Wadley, Douglas T. Queheillalt, Hossein Haj-Hariri, Anthony G. Evans, George P. Peterson, Robert Kurtz, G. Douglas Long, Yellapu V. Murty