Storage container including multi-layer insulation composite material having bandgap material

US8485387B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOKITAE LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey A. Bowers · Bellevue, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Thomas J. Nugent, Jr. · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/1376
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a storage container includes a container structure defining at least one storage chamber. The container structure includes multi-layer insulation (MLI) composite material having at least one thermally-reflective layer. The at least one thermally-reflective layer includes bandgap material that is transmissive to radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation.