Patents by Inventor Robert M. Moy

Robert M. Moy 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 control coatings
    Patent number: 7691435
    Abstract: The invention discloses differing embodiments of thermal control coatings, spacecraft components having coatings, and methods for controlling the temperature of a component. In one embodiment, a thermal control coating under the invention may include one or more thermochromic multi-layer coatings and one or more solar rejection multi-layer coatings. The thermal control coating may have one or more transition temperatures at which the solar absorptance of the solar rejection coating substantially stays the same, while a thermal emittance of the thermochromic coating substantially changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventors: John G. Keller, Robert M. Moy, Jane R. Felland
  • THERMAL CONTROL COATINGS
    Publication number: 20080038454
    Abstract: The invention discloses differing embodiments of thermal control coatings, spacecraft components having coatings, and methods for controlling the temperature of a component. In one embodiment, a thermal control coating under the invention may include one or more thermochromic multi-layer coatings and one or more solar rejection multi-layer coatings. The thermal control coating may have one or more transition temperatures at which the solar absorptance of the solar rejection coating substantially stays the same, while a thermal emittance of the thermochromic coating substantially changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: John G. Keller, Robert M. Moy, Jane R. Felland