Patents by Inventor Dennis Poulos

Dennis Poulos has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • LIFTING ENTRY/ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT (LEAF) UNIFIED PLATFORM FOR ULTRA-LOW BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY AND MANEUVERABLE ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT AT SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES
    Publication number: 20150210407
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle including a collapsible and inflatable vehicle body capable of being filled with a lighter than air gas so as to make the vehicle semi-buoyant or 100% buoyant at a predetermined altitude in an atmosphere above a solar system body. The vehicle body has a shape suitable to provide aerodynamic lift. The vehicle may include a propulsion device coupled to and extending from the vehicle body, where the device provides power to aerodynamically lift the vehicle above the 100% buoyant altitude to a higher altitude where the vehicle can maintain that altitude through the aerodynamic lift and vehicle buoyancy. The vehicle is configured to be deployed/inflated from a collapsed and stowed configuration to a deployed/inflated configuration in an orbit above the atmosphere of the solar system body, and is configured to enter the atmosphere in the inflated configuration and descend without propulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: KRISTEN S. GRIFFIN, JON CARPENTER, GREGORY J. LEE, AMY LO, RONALD POLIDAN, DANIEL SOKOL, BARNABY WAINFAN, WARREN JAMES, DENNIS POULOS
  • Stabilization of unstable space debris
    Patent number: 8628044
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of altering the stability of unstable space debris. In some embodiments, the method further comprises changing the orbit of the unstable space debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Poulos Air & Space
    Inventor: Dennis Poulos
  • STABILIZATION OF UNSTABLE SPACE DEBRIS
    Publication number: 20120286098
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of altering the stability of unstable space debris. In some embodiments, the method further comprises changing the orbit of the unstable space debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Poulos Air & Space
    Inventor: Dennis POULOS
  • Stabilization of unstable space debris
    Patent number: 8226046
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of altering the stability of unstable space debris. In some embodiments, the method further comprises changing the orbit of the unstable space debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Poulos Air & Space
    Inventor: Dennis Poulos
  • STABILIZATION OF UNSTABLE SPACE DEBRIS
    Publication number: 20110121139
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of altering the stability of unstable space debris. In some embodiments, the method further comprises changing the orbit of the unstable space debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: POULOS AIR & SPACE
    Inventor: Dennis Poulos