Structurally integrated thermal management system for aerospace vehicles

US10029808B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• David E. Blanding · Anderson, US
• Arun Muley · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
• Jeffrey C. Coffman · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Doug Van Affelen · Tecate Mission Road, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 29, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments include a structurally integrated thermal management system that uses the structure of an aerospace vehicle as part of the heat dissipation system. In this system, structural elements of the aerospace vehicle function as a thermal bus, and are thermally connected with heat-generating electrical components, so that heat from those components is directed away from the component by the structure of the vehicle itself, into lower temperature surfaces of the vehicle.