B64G 1/506
Heat pipes
Official title: {Heat pipes}
B64G1/506 (Heat pipes) appears on 171 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 171
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 369
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Loop heat pipe for staged reentry spacecraft29 Sep 2026US 12,747,038 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Magnetically coupled conductive thermal interface1 Sep 2026US 12,722,810 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Evaporator with orifice insert25 Aug 2026US 12,716,660 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Space-based data centers14 Jul 2026US 12,679,564 B2California Institute of Technology
- Heat spreader with integrated shock isolation19 May 2026US 12,630,310 B1BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
- Flexible heat pipe17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274448 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Heat pipe-based thermal control architecture for spacecraft6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225739 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Space-Based Data Centers4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152294 A1California Institute of Technology
- Space vehicle thermal management system and method for manufacture thereof12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070677 A1
- Thermally-Enhanced and Deployable Structures15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015995 A1Raytheon Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solar concentrator - radiator assembly78US 4,947,825 ARockwell International Corporation · 1990
- Method and apparatus for improved solar concentration arrays62US 6,118,067 ASwales Aerospace · 2000
- Point focus solar concentrator using reflector strips of various geometries to form primary and secondary reflectors61US 4,784,700 AGeneral Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Div. · 1988
- Wick-interrupt temperature controlling heat pipe52US 5,771,967 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1998
- Method and apparatus for cooling with a phase change material and heat pipes51US 7,069,975 B1Raytheon Company · 2006