Patents by Inventor Michael D. Koehler

Michael D. Koehler 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 cooling heat-generating structure
    Patent number: 7227753
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heat receiving portion which receives heat within a footprint from a heat generating structure, and a cooling arrangement which causes flow of a coolant that absorbs heat at the heat receiving portion, the cooling arrangement being disposed in its entirety within a width of the footprint in a particular direction. A different feature involves an apparatus which includes a heat receiving portion at which a coolant receives heat, and a coolant separating portion which receives coolant traveling away from the heat receiving portion, and which separates liquid coolant from vapor coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Richard M. Weber, George F. Barson, Michael D. Koehler
  • Method and apparatus for cooling heat-generating structure
    Patent number: 7110260
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heat receiving portion which receives heat within a footprint from a heat generating structure, and a cooling arrangement which causes flow of a coolant that absorbs heat at the heat receiving portion, the cooling arrangement being disposed in its entirety within a width of the footprint in a particular direction. A different feature involves an apparatus which includes a heat receiving portion at which a coolant receives heat, and a coolant separating portion which receives coolant traveling away from the heat receiving portion, and which separates liquid coolant from vapor coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Richard M. Weber, George F. Barson, Michael D. Koehler
  • Method and apparatus for cooling heat-generating structure
    Patent number: 6952345
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heat receiving portion which receives heat within a footprint from a heat generating structure, and a cooling arrangement which causes flow of a coolant that absorbs heat at the heat receiving portion, the cooling arrangement being disposed in its entirety within a width of the footprint in a particular direction. A different feature involves an apparatus which includes a heat receiving portion at which a coolant receives heat, and a coolant separating portion which receives coolant traveling away from the heat receiving portion, and which separates liquid coolant from vapor coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Richard M. Weber, George F. Barson, Michael D. Koehler