Durable advanced flexible reusable surface insulation

US5811168A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · US

Inventors

• Daniel J. Rasky · Palo Alto, US
• Demetrius A. Kourtides · San Jose, US
• Daniel L. Dittman · Hayward, US
• Marc D. Rezin · Mountain View, US
• Clement Hiel · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
• Wilbur C. Vallotton · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 22, 1998
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/3659
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An improved flexible blanket includes a nickel-based alloy foil layer brazed to a nickel-based alloy fabric layer. The fabric layer is stitched to an underlying ceramic insulation layer.