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US 10,118,361 B2Granted
Thermal insulation
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsStuart C. Kozan, William Bogue
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Abstract
A thermal protection apparatus is disclosed. The thermal protection apparatus may comprise a thermally insulative layer positioned proximate to a portion of a structure having a dimensional transition, wherein the dimensional transition is thermally protected.
Claims13
A thermal protection apparatus comprising:
- A spiral interleave transition structure comprising a layer configured to thermally insulate a dimensional transition of the structure, a plurality of flaps arranged to spirally overlap and configured to conform to the dimensional transition;
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- an affixation tab comprising a portion of a flap from the plurality of flaps lying outward of the other flaps and a closure configured to secure the transition structure in fixed position.
A thermally protected structure comprising:
- a thermal protection apparatus comprising a spiral interleave transition structure having a plurality of flaps arranged to spirally overlap and an affixation tab comprising a portion of a flap from the plurality of flaps;
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- a structure comprising a dimensional transition,
- wherein the spiral interleave transition structure overlays and is configured to conform to the dimensional transition, secures the spiral interleave transition structure via the affixation tab, and thermally insulates the dimensional transition.
1 more element
A thermal protection apparatus comprising:
- A petal overlap transition structure comprising a layer configured to thermally insulate a dimensional transition of the structure and a plurality of petal interleaves arranged to at least partially overlap;
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- an affixation tab comprising a portion of a petal interleave from the plurality of petal interleaves lying outward of the other petal interleaves and a closure configured to secure the transition structure in fixed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.