US Patent Issued to Advanced Composite Structures on April 7 for "High-surface area thermal protection modules for cargo containers and cargo containers including the same" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,118, issued on April 7, was assigned to Advanced Composite Structures LLC (Charleston, S.C.).

"High-surface area thermal protection modules for cargo containers and cargo containers including the same" was invented by Thomas R. Pherson (Daniel Island, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal protection module includes a plurality of heat transfer elements and a medium. Each heat transfer element defines an element cavity. Each heat transfer element defines a gap with an adjacent heat transfer element. The medium is disposed within each element cavity such that the medium extends within each heat transfer element on either side o...