Patents by Inventor Terry Weight

Terry Weight 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).

  • Battery cell sleeve for spacecraft applications
    Patent number: 6261716
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a battery cell sleeve assembly includes a continuous tubular sleeve extending between proximal and distal ends and has a plurality of substantially unidirectional longitudinally extending elongated heat conduction fibers having a thermal conductivity no less than that of aluminum embedded in a suitable matrix. The sleeve is received on the outer peripheral surface of a tubular battery cell which is typically, but not necessarily cylindrical and in a contiguous relationship with the battery cell. A tubular base member having a peripheral flange is attached to the continuous tubular sleeve such that the distal ends of the heat conduction fibers are contiguous with the peripheral flange. With this construction, the peripheral flange operates as a heat shunt for drawing heat away from the continuous tubular sleeve by conduction between the heat conduction fibers and the peripheral flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Hall, Mitchell J. Mehlman, Terry Weight, Erik L Levine