Patents by Inventor Mengu Cho

Mengu Cho 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).

  • Publication number: 20250121960
    Abstract: A heat control structure includes a heat insulator disposed between a housing for accommodating a heat control target mounted on a satellite and the heat control target. The heat insulator is disposed so as to be in contact with the housing and the heat control target, the heat insulator contains at least silica aerogel, and the heat insulator has a thermal resistance of 0.02 (m2·K)/W or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Mengu CHO, Hirokazu MASUI, Kazuma OIKAWA, Ryou KUWABARA, Takashi TSURUTA, Masato MORI
  • Publication number: 20250115376
    Abstract: A heat control structure includes sheet-like or plate-like graphite members, a first holding member holding the graphite members at first ends in a longitudinal direction of the graphite members with basal planes of the graphite members arrayed in parallel and with edge planes orthogonal to the basal planes being exposed, and a second holding member holding the graphite members at second ends opposite to the first ends of the graphite members with the basal planes arrayed in parallel and with the edge planes being exposed. The edge planes exposed at the first ends of the graphite members come into contact with a heat control target to function as heat transfer surfaces through which heat energy is input, and the edge planes exposed at the second ends come into contact with a heat dissipation target to function as heat transfer surfaces through which heat energy is dissipated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Mengu CHO, Hirokazu MASUI, Ryou KUWABARA, Takashi TSURUTA, Kazuma OIKAWA, Masato MORI
  • Patent number: 8014121
    Abstract: The present invention prevents occurrence of electrical discharge on an electrically conductive structure in an environment in which high-energy electrons impinge onto the structure or on an electronic element mounted to a surface of the structure, which electrical discharge would otherwise occur when the potential of the structure or the electronic element increases in the negative direction due to a negative charge flowing thereinto. An insulating tape bonded to the surface of the electrically conductive structure is partially cut-removed; an electrically conductive adhesive is applied to an exposed portion of the surface of the electrically conductive structure; and an insulating film is bonded to the electrically conductive adhesive, such that the electrically conductive adhesive is exposed to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Mengu Cho, Yuya Sanmaru, Satoshi Hosoda, Minoru Iwata, Tatsuhito Fujita, Yasumasa Hisada
  • Publication number: 20090207546
    Abstract: The present invention prevents occurrence of electrical discharge on an electrically conductive structure in an environment in which high-energy electrons impinge onto the structure or on an electronic element mounted to a surface of the structure, which electrical discharge would otherwise occur when the potential of the structure or the electronic element increases in the negative direction due to a negative charge flowing thereinto. An insulating tape bonded to the surface of the electrically conductive structure is partially cut-removed; an electrically conductive adhesive is applied to an exposed portion of the surface of the electrically conductive structure; and an insulating film is bonded to the electrically conductive adhesive, such that the electrically conductive adhesive is exposed to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Mengu Cho, Yuya Sanmaru, Satoshi Hosoda, Minoru Iwata, Tatsuhito Fujita, Yasumasa Hisada