Patents by Inventor John E. Cooney

John E. Cooney 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).

  • Thermal interface materials using thermally conductive fiber and polymer matrix materials
    Patent number: 6311769
    Abstract: Thermal interface materials for use in space applications. The thermal interface materials comprise a plurality of graphitized thermally conductive (carbon based) fibers 6 that are contained, immersed, or embedded, in one or more substantially non-outgassing polymer matrix materials. Both relatively stiff and relatively stiff and compliant polymer matrix materials may be used to secure the thermally conductive fibers. The thermally conductive fibers and non-outgassing polymer matrix material may be additionally cured to improve their conductive properties. The polymer matrix materials contain volatile condensable material of less than 0.1 percent and exhibit a total mass loss of less than 1.0 percent per an ASTM E595 procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Scott Bonneville, John E. Cooney, Scott O. Peck