Patents by Inventor Mario Machiussi

Mario Machiussi 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).

  • Releasable payload shell for connecting a payload fairing, a payload and a payload propulsion unit
    Patent number: 6086020
    Abstract: A payload section (14) of a rocket, having a payload fairing (16) and a center section (18), which comprises a payload (20) and a payload propulsion unit (22) arranged behind the payload (20) and connected with the payload (20). For preventing, or respectively limiting, a mutual relative movement, the payload fairing (16) and the center section (18) are connected by means of a connection arrangement, which is attached to the payload fairing (16) and also releasably to the center section (18). The connection arrangement is embodied as a preferably flat shell (24), which can consist of two partial shells (24.1, 24.2), which are releasably fastened to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Contraves Space AG
    Inventor: Mario Machiussi