Patents by Inventor William Raymond Krummann

William Raymond Krummann 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).

  • Spacecraft solar array design to control differential charging
    Patent number: 5919316
    Abstract: Numerous undesirable prior art epoxy beads or pads of metallization, employed to prevent unacceptable electrostatic charge buildup upon the solar cell coverglasses of solar cell array panels deployed in outer space, are eliminated by causing the charge conducting semiconductive coverglass layers to be wrapped around edge portions of each coverglass, to readily facilitate charge drainage of the electrostatic charge buildup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Alexander Bogorad, Charles Kenneth Bowman, Jr., William Raymond Krummann, William Richard Hart