Patents by Inventor Stuart J. Marble

Stuart J. Marble 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).

  • Multi-layer advanced carbon nanotube blackbody for compact, lightweight, and on-demand infrared calibration
    Patent number: 9459154
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and thin-film structure for producing a blackbody spectrum is disclosed. A first layer of the apparatus is configured to generate heat in response to an applied voltage. A second layer is configured to emit the blackbody radiation spectrum in response to the heat from the first layer. A thermal spreading layer is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The thermal spreading layer includes a graphene sheet for reducing a spatial variation of the heat in a plane of the thermal spreading layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: James R. Chow, Kurt S. Ketola, David M. La Komski, Carl W. Townsend, William E. Elias, Stuart J. Marble
  • MULTI-LAYER ADVANCED CARBON NANOTUBE BLACKBODY FOR COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT, AND ON-DEMAND INFRARED CALIBRATION
    Publication number: 20150076373
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and thin-film structure for producing a blackbody spectrum is disclosed. A first layer of the apparatus is configured to generate heat in response to an applied voltage. A second layer is configured to emit the blackbody radiation spectrum in response to the heat from the first layer. A thermal spreading layer is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The thermal spreading layer includes a graphene sheet for reducing a spatial variation of the heat in a plane of the thermal spreading layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: James R. Chow, Kurt S. Ketola, David M. La Komski, Carl W. Townsend, William E. Elias, Stuart J. Marble
  • Flexible graphite fiber thermal shunt
    Patent number: 6060166
    Abstract: A thermal shunt comprising flexible graphite fibers for removing heat from components coupled thereto and providing mechanical isolation. The thermal shunt comprises a plurality of stacked layers of graphite fibers secured together at opposite ends to form rigid sections at the respective opposite ends that provide for thermal coupling. Portions of the graphite fibers between the rigid sections are flexible and provide mechanical isolation between components to which the thermal shunt is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Ronald E. Hoover, Robert S. Hutchins, Stuart J. Marble, Clark A. Saito, Manuel B. Valle