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Advanced Vehicle and Fuels Technologies Available for Licensing

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's innovative advanced vehicle and fuel technologies have been developed to meet the transportation market needs with the goal of reducing transportation related petroleum use that meet our nation's energy and environmental goals. A number of NREL's advanced vehicles and fuels technologies have been patented and are available for licensing.

Intellectual Property Items

  • U.S. Patent 5,175,975 - Compact Vacuum Insulation
  • U.S. Patent 5,157,893 - Compact Vacuum Insulation
  • U.S. Patent 5,107,649 - Compact Vacuum Insulation Embodiments
  • U.S. Patent 5,643,485 - Cooking Utensil with Improved Heat Retention
  • U.S. Patent 5,318,108 - Gas-Controlled Dynamic Vacuum Insulation with Gas Gate
  • U.S. Patent 5,338,254 - Increasing Jet Entrainment, Mixing and Spreading
  • U.S. Patent 7,190,581 - Low Thermal Resistance Power Module Assembly
  • U.S. Patent 5,562,154 - Material-Controlled Dynamic Vacuum Insulation
  • U.S. Patent 5,477,676 - Method and apparatus for thermal management of vehicle exhaust systems
  • U.S. Patent 6,964,294 - Passive Cooling System for a Vehicle
  • U.S. Patent 5,433,056 - Radiation-Controlled Dynamic Vacuum Insulation
  • U.S. Patent 6,203,764 - Vacuum-insulated Catalytic Converter
  • U.S. Patent 6,186,886 - Vehicle Cabin Cooling System for Capturing and Exhausting Heated Boundary Layer Air from Inner Surfaces of Solar Heated Windows
  • Trademark 2,727,068 - Word Mark ADVISOR � 2002 Software

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