Patents by Inventor Paul Anthony Briggs

Paul Anthony Briggs 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).

  • SELF-ASSEMBLING PERSISTENT SPACE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20200247563
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes a plurality of deployable module elements, at least one of the deployable module elements including a robotic manipulator, the spacecraft being reconfigurable from a launch configuration to an on-orbit configuration. In the launch configuration, the deployable module elements are disposed in a launch vehicle in a first arrangement. In the on-orbit configuration, the deployable module elements are disposed in a second configuration. The spacecraft is self-assembled by the robotic manipulator reconfiguring the spacecraft from the launch configuration, through a transition configuration, to the on-orbit configuration. The deployable module elements may be in a stacked arrangement in the launch configuration and may be in a side-by-side arrangement in the on-orbit configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Erik Schwarz, Robert Edward Helmer, Paul Anthony Briggs, John Douglas Lymer, Alfred Heikal Tadros, Andrew E. Turner
  • Self-assembling persistent space platform
    Patent number: 10661918
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes a plurality of deployable module elements, at least one of the deployable module elements including a robotic manipulator, the spacecraft being reconfigurable from a launch configuration to an on-orbit configuration. In the launch configuration, the deployable module elements are disposed in a launch vehicle in a first arrangement. In the on-orbit configuration, the deployable module elements are disposed in a second configuration. The spacecraft is self-assembled by the robotic manipulator reconfiguring the spacecraft from the launch configuration, through a transition configuration, to the on-orbit configuration. The deployable module elements may be in a stacked arrangement in the launch configuration and may be in a side-by-side arrangement in the on-orbit configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Erik Schwarz, Robert Edward Helmer, Paul Anthony Briggs, John Douglas Lymer, Alfred Heikal Tadros, Andrew E. Turner
  • SELF-ASSEMBLING PERSISTENT SPACE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180093786
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes a plurality of deployable module elements, at least one of the deployable module elements including a robotic manipulator, the spacecraft being reconfigurable from a launch configuration to an on-orbit configuration. In the launch configuration, the deployable module elements are disposed in a launch vehicle in a first arrangement. In the on-orbit configuration, the deployable module elements are disposed in a second configuration. The spacecraft is self-assembled by the robotic manipulator reconfiguring the spacecraft from the launch configuration, through a transition configuration, to the on-orbit configuration. The deployable module elements may be in a stacked arrangement in the launch configuration and may be in a side-by-side arrangement in the on-orbit configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Erik Schwarz, Robert Edward Helmer, Paul Anthony Briggs, John Douglas Lymer, Alfred Heikal Tadros, Andrew E. Turner