Patents by Inventor Henry J. Vroom

Henry J. Vroom 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).

  • Solar energy collector
    Patent number: 4119085
    Abstract: A solar energy collector for collecting, concentrating, and utilizing solar energy, including a target for transferring solar energy into another useable energy form and reflector positioned to increase the amount of solar energy reaching the target and prevent solar energy from escaping around the target, the target including in its preferred form a transparent envelope and a heat pipe containing a heat transfer fluid, the heat pipe having an evaporator portion disposed within the transparent envelope and an emergent condenser portion with a flange forming a dry thermal interface with a manifold for conducting heat energy directly from the heat pipe to the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory W. Knowles, Odd E. Sangesland, Henry J. Vroom, Robert W. Madey
  • Solar energy collector
    Patent number: 4059093
    Abstract: A solar energy collector for collecting, concentrating, and utilizing solar energy, including a target for transferring solar energy into another useable energy form and a reflector positioned to increase the amount of solar energy reaching the target and prevent solar energy from escaping around the target, the target including in its preferred form a transparent envelope and a heat pipe containing a heat transfer fluid, the heat pipe having an evaporator portion disposed within the transparent envelope and an emergent condenser portion with a flange forming a dry thermal interface with a manifold for conducting heat energy directly from the heat pipe to the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory W. Knowles, Odd E. Sangesland, Henry J. Vroom, Robert W. Madey
  • Solar water heater
    Patent number: 4015586
    Abstract: A closed water/glycol solar heating system for preheating a fluid so as to reduce energy requirements in bringing said fluid up to a desired temperature and holding same, said system including a solar collector having a flexible dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Henry J. Vroom, Warren Robert Bolle, Herbert Schneider, Burton Swerdling