Patents Represented by Attorney Hugo F. Mohrlock
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Patent number: 4337560Abstract: An automated assembly, maintenance, and repair system for the construction of a large space structure. The space structure comprises a plurality of trusses and truss junctions that in turn are made up of a plurality of individual struts and nodes. The truss assemblies are progressively built by an assembler trolley as the trolley crawls along the constructed truss. The trolley comprises a forward crawler and a rear crawler joined by an articulated coupler. The crawlers are carried along the structure by belt transports incorporating grippers that engage the truss structure at the nodes. Manipulator arms for strut and node assembly are located on the forward crawler, and the majority of control, power, and communication systems are located in the rear crawler. Cargo canisters filled with component parts for constructing the space structure are carried by the forward crawler. The space structure configuration is determined by the arrangement of the individual struts and nodes during the assembly process.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1979Date of Patent: July 6, 1982Assignee: General Dynamics, Convair DivisionInventor: Paul Slysh
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Patent number: 4334816Abstract: An automated assembly, maintenance, and repair system for the construction of a large space structure. The space structure comprises a plurality of trusses and truss junctions that in turn are made up of a plurality of individual struts and nodes. The truss assemblies are progressively built by an assembler trolley as the trolley crawls along the constructed truss. The trolley comprises a forward crawler and a rear crawler joined by an articulated coupler. The crawlers are carried along the structure by belt transports incorporating grippers that engage the truss structure at the nodes. Manipulator arms for strut and node assembly are located on the forward crawler, and the majority of control, power, and communication systems are located in the rear crawler. Cargo canisters filled with component parts for constructing the space structure are carried by the forward crawler. The space structure configuration is determined by the arrangement of the individual struts and nodes during the assembly process.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1978Date of Patent: June 15, 1982Assignee: General Dynamics CorporationInventor: Paul Slysh
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Patent number: 4332501Abstract: An automated assembly, maintenance, and repair system for the construction of a large space structure. The space structure comprises a plurality of trusses and truss junctions that in turn are made up of a plurality of individual struts and nodes. The truss assemblies are progressively built by an assembler trolley as the trolley crawls along the constructed truss. The trolley comprises a forward crawler and a rear crawler joined by an articulated coupler. The crawlers are carried along the structure by belt transports incorporating grippers that engage the truss structure at the nodes. Manipulator arms for strut and node assembly are located on the forward crawler, and the majority of control, power, and communication systems are located in the rear crawler. Cargo canisters filled with component parts for constructing the space structure are carried by the forward crawler. The space structure configuration is determined by the arrangement of the individual struts and nodes during the assembly process.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1981Date of Patent: June 1, 1982Assignee: General Dynamics CorporationInventor: Paul Slysh
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Patent number: 4314636Abstract: An automated assembly, maintenance, and repair system for the construction of a large space structure. The space structure comprises a plurality of trusses and truss junctions that in turn are made up of a plurality of individual struts and nodes. The truss assemblies are progressively built by an assembler trolley as the trolley crawls along the constructed truss. The trolley comprises a forward crawler and a rear crawler joined by an articulated coupler. The crawlers are carried along the structure by belt transports incorporating grippers that engage the truss structure at the nodes. Manipulator arms for strut and node assembly are located on the forward crawler, and the majority of control, power, and communication systems are located in the rear crawler. Cargo canisters filled with component parts for constructing the space structure are carried by the forward crawler. The space structure configuration is determined by the arrangement of the individual struts and nodes during the assembly process.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1979Date of Patent: February 9, 1982Assignee: General Dynamics CorporationInventor: Paul Slysh
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Patent number: 4277768Abstract: A superconducting coil, suitable for generating a magnetic field within a nuclear reactor, wherein a structurally continuous disk helix is utilized to carry a plurality of parallel superconductor windings thereon. The structure provides an improved support to the superconductor windings to more positively prevent stresses or small movements that would cause the superconductor to go normal.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1978Date of Patent: July 7, 1981Assignee: General Dynamics CorporationInventors: John E. Burgeson, Dennis W. Lieurance
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Patent number: 4187387Abstract: An electrical lead for cryogenic devices wherein a perforated conductive ribbon is folded in serpentine folds and fitted within an insulated vent. Boil-off gas is passed through the perforations in a heat exchange relationship with said conductive ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1979Date of Patent: February 5, 1980Assignee: General Dynamics CorporationInventor: Jerome F. Parmer