Space Satellite Or Habitat (7) Patents (Class D12/320)
  • Patent number: 4296892
    Abstract: A substantially spherical human living module or space has a plurality of pontoons projecting from its lower hemisphere. It is preferably arranged to be self-propelled, as a vehicle, and the pontoons are preferably extensible and retractable. In a version in which wheeled landing gear is provided, a spherical human living space is provided with helicopter blades and four jet engines at the bottom of the craft, and two jet engines on the right and left sides, which swivel for direction control, for propelling the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Inventor: Presley O. Barge
  • Patent number: D505105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Tommaso P. Rivellini, Dara Sabahi, Jeffrey W. Umland, Adam D. Steltzner, Alejandro M. San Martin, William Layman, Edward C. Wong, Allen Chen, Robert M. Manning, Eric M. Slimko
  • Patent number: D296096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Fairchild Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William G. King
  • Patent number: D302148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: George K. Gogakis
  • Patent number: D312067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Inventor: Henry F. Walling
  • Patent number: D332248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Rediffusion Simulation Limited
    Inventor: Stephen J. Harper
  • Patent number: D332249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Rediffusion Simulation Limited
    Inventor: Stephen J. Harper
  • Patent number: D362234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Lockheed Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Urie, Jr.
  • Patent number: D386255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Super Fodak Int'l Ent. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang Ying-teng
  • Patent number: D396685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert I. Baumgartner, John D. Elvin, Jordan S. Reaser
  • Patent number: D401209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Gaiter
  • Patent number: D408780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Gaiter
  • Patent number: D418475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Karl F. Milde, Jr.
  • Patent number: D430530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Inventor: Karl F. Milde, Jr.
  • Patent number: D679646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Tommaso P. Rivellini, Jaime M. Waydo, Christopher J. Voorhees, Louise Jandura, Benjamin L. Thoma, Robert M. Manning, Howard J. Eisen, Adam D. Steltzner, Steven W. Lee, Alejandro M. San Martin, Dara Sabahi, Jeffrey W. Umland
  • Patent number: D739333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: World View Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Anthony Goode, Daniel James Window, Nicholas Adrian Moyes
  • Patent number: D748037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Filo, Matthew Frederick Reyes
  • Patent number: D756887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Filo, Matthew Frederick Reyes
  • Patent number: D780665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Inventor: John Jeffrey Blincow
  • Patent number: D788016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: John Jeffrey Blincow
  • Patent number: D852720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Steven A. Zeldin
  • Patent number: D925433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Andrew Simon Filo
  • Patent number: D991095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Shiliang Wang