Invention Application
- Patent Title: THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH NON-PLANAR OBJECTS
- Patent Title (中): 使用非平面对象的热绝缘产品
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Application No.: US14154760Application Date: 2014-01-14
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Publication No.: US20140367033A1Publication Date: 2014-12-18
- Inventor: Douglas M. Smith
- Applicant: Nanopore, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Assignee: Nanopore, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nanopore, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Main IPC: F16L59/02
- IPC: F16L59/02 ; F16L59/14

Abstract:
High-efficiency thermal insulation products and methods for use thereof for insulating cylindrically-shaped and other non-planar objects such as pipes, tanks, and the like. One method includes heating a substantially gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure pliable, wrapping the inner surface of the gas-tight enclosure about at least a portion of a non-planar surface, and cooling the gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure substantially unpliable about the non-planar surface. The gas-tight enclosure may include a sealed interior portion having a pressure that is not greater than about 500 mbar at a temperature of about 20° C. before the heating step and/or after the cooling step. A ratio of a thickness of the gas-tight enclosure to a radius of curvature of the portion of the non-planar surface may be at least about 1 to 8.
Public/Granted literature
- US09133973B2 Method of using thermal insulation products with non-planar objects Public/Granted day:2015-09-15
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