Patents by Inventor Patrick S. McAuliffe

Patrick S. McAuliffe 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).

  • Cryogenic insulation system
    Patent number: 4774118
    Abstract: Cryogenic foam insulation 20 is adhesively bonded to the outer wall of the fuel tank structure 10. The cryogenic insulation 20 includes square sheets 12 fabricated from an array of abutting blocks 14. Each block 14 includes a sheet of glass cloth 18 adhesively bonded between two layers of polymethacrylimide foam 16. Each block is wrapped in a vapor impermeable membrane 24, such as a polyimide-aluminum-polyimide composite laminate, to provide a vapor barrier. Very beneficial results are obtained by employing the present invention in conjunction with fibrous insulation 28 and an outer aeroshell 30, which is a hot fuselage structure having an internal thermal protection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Randall C. Davis, Allan H. Taylor, L. Robert Jackson, Patrick S. McAuliffe