Patents by Inventor Jay M. Ochterbeck

Jay M. Ochterbeck 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 controlling temperature gradients within a structure being cooled
    Patent number: 7841392
    Abstract: A phased array antenna apparatus has a plurality of circuit portions which are each coupled to a respective antenna element. Capillary pressure of a cooling fluid within a wick in a loop is utilized to urge the fluid to travel around the loop, the wick being disposed in the region of the circuitry. In a variation, there are plural wicks in respective evaporators, and cooling fluid is distributed among the evaporators through a series of T-junctions. In another variation, cooling fluid is distributed to a plurality of evaporators in a sequence corresponding to a progressive increase in the respective amounts of heat accepted by the evaporators from structure being cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Byron Elliott Short, Jr., Jay M. Ochterbeck
  • Method and apparatus for controlling temperature gradients within a structure being cooled
    Patent number: 7268744
    Abstract: A phased array antenna apparatus has a plurality of circuit portions which are each coupled to a respective antenna element. Capillary pressure of a cooling fluid within a wick in a loop is utilized to urge the fluid to travel around the loop, the wick being disposed in the region of the circuitry. In a variation, there are plural wicks in respective evaporators, and cooling fluid is distributed among the evaporators through a series of T-junctions. In another variation, cooling fluid is distributed to a plurality of evaporators in a sequence corresponding to a progressive increase in the respective amounts of heat accepted by the evaporators from structure being cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Byron Elliott Short, Jr., Jay M. Ochterbeck
  • Method and apparatus for controlling temperature gradients within a structure being cooled
    Patent number: 7061446
    Abstract: A phased array antenna apparatus has a plurality of circuit portions which are each coupled to a respective antenna element. Capillary pressure of a cooling fluid within a wick in a loop is utilized to urge the fluid to travel around the loop, the wick being disposed in the region of the circuitry. In a variation, there are plural wicks in respective evaporators, and cooling fluid is distributed among the evaporators through a series of T-junctions. In another variation, cooling fluid is distributed to a plurality of evaporators in a sequence corresponding to a progressive increase in the respective amounts of heat accepted by the evaporators from structure being cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Byron Elliott Short, Jr., Jay M. Ochterbeck