Patents by Inventor Adam Norris

Adam Norris 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).

  • Multiple petal deployable telescope
    Patent number: 8947777
    Abstract: An opto-mechanical deployable telescope includes a hub, at least one deployable multiple petal primary mirror mounted to the hub, a deployment assembly, and a deployment engine assembly. The deployment assembly is operable to move the at least one primary mirror between a stowed position and a deployed position. The deployment engine assembly is operable to power the deployment assembly using stored mechanical energy. The deployment assembly includes a kinematic or semi-kinematic interface between the hub and the at least one primary mirror to hold petals of the at least one primary mirror in alignment relative to each other in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Trent Newswander, Blake Crowther, James Champagne, Adam Norris
  • Multiple Petal Deployable Telescope
    Publication number: 20130229709
    Abstract: An opto-mechanical deployable telescope includes a hub, at least one deployable multiple petal primary mirror mounted to the hub, a deployment assembly, and a deployment engine assembly. The deployment assembly is operable to move the at least one primary mirror between a stowed position and a deployed position. The deployment engine assembly is operable to power the deployment assembly using stored mechanical energy. The deployment assembly includes a kinematic or semi-kinematic interface between the hub and the at least one primary mirror to hold petals of the at least one primary mirror in alignment relative to each other in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Trent Newswander, Blake Crowther, James Champagne, Adam Norris
  • Method and system for establishing, maintaining, and using a persistent fracture log
    Patent number: 6823349
    Abstract: A method and system for synchronizing a plurality of data images in a computer system, includes a primary image and at least one secondary image which are synchronized. A host computer issues write requests to a primary image site which is also transmitted to a secondary image site. Writing to the primary image and the secondary image at the primary image site and secondary site is conducted simultaneously. If a failure to write to the secondary image occurs, a fracture log is created which is a bitmap representative of changed regions in the primary image at the primary image site in response to the write request. When writing to the secondary image is restored, the log can be used to synchronize the primary image and the secondary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Lee Taylor, Christopher Adam Norris, William Paul Hotle, Kenneth John Hayman