Encapsulated and vented particulate thermal insulation

US8453393B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Raytheon Company · US
• Aspen Aerogels, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alberto E. Schroth · Mission Hills, US
• Jimmy Lee Clark · Santa Clarita, US
• Michael Doan · El Monte, US
• David M. La Komski · Long Beach, US
• Shannon Olga White · Hudson, US
• Stephen Smith · Marrero, US
• Christopher M. Shaffer · Groton, US
• Wilfried Krone-Schmidt · Fullerton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31504
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An article includes a piece of encapsulated insulation including an envelope having at least two vents therethrough, a particulate insulation within the envelope, and a porous filter overlying each vent of the envelope. The porous filter has a mesh size no larger that the minimum size of the particles. The article may further include a structure having a structure surface, and the piece of encapsulated insulation overlies and covers at least a portion of the structure surface.