Patents by Inventor Stanley J. Hightower

Stanley J. Hightower 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).

  • Pneumatically controlled wide heat load space radiator
    Patent number: 4161212
    Abstract: A three way valve selectively charges or discharges gas under pressure within the annular gaps between a series of transversely extending longitudinally spaced radiator tubes fixed to a radiator panel to control waste heat rejection and coaxial inner tubes which may comprise heat pipes or turns of a sinuous coolant flow tube for spacecraft, earth satellites and the like to thermal couple and decouple the heat pipe or coolant flow tube to the space radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1979
    Assignee: Martin Marietta Corporation
    Inventor: Stanley J. Hightower