US Patent Issued to Quest Thermal Group on May 19 for "Electrically conductive spacer for multilayer insulation grounding" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,312, issued on May 19, was assigned to Quest Thermal Group LLC (Arvada, Colo.).

"Electrically conductive spacer for multilayer insulation grounding" was invented by Scott A. Dye (Morrison, Colo.) and Phillip N. Tyler (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As spacecraft electronic control and human support systems get increasingly sophisticated, protection for those systems becomes more critical. Multilayer insulation (MLI) is a common thermal protection system on spacecraft, and it includes layers of metalized film that may build up electrostatic charge that can be hazardous in many respects. MLI should be electrically gro...