Patents by Inventor ADAM SHABSHELOWITZ

ADAM SHABSHELOWITZ 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for deployable sparse-aperture telescopes
    Patent number: 11048062
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a metering structure and a plurality of foldable members disposed around a periphery of the metering structure. Each foldable member in the plurality of foldable members includes an arm comprising a strain deployable composite and a reflector disposed on the arm. The arm in a respective foldable member in the plurality of foldable members is configured to hold the respective foldable member toward the metering structure in a first state and to hold the respective foldable member away from the metering structure in a second state such that the reflector of the respective foldable member forms part of a sparse aperture in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bryan M. Reid, Mark Silver, Robert Martinez, Alan Decew, Adam Shabshelowitz, Michael Chrisp
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYABLE SPARSE-APERTURE TELESCOPES
    Publication number: 20190265435
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a metering structure and a plurality of foldable members disposed around a periphery of the metering structure. Each foldable member in the plurality of foldable members includes an arm comprising a strain deployable composite and a reflector disposed on the arm. The arm in a respective foldable member in the plurality of foldable members is configured to hold the respective foldable member toward the metering structure in a first state and to hold the respective foldable member away from the metering structure in a second state such that the reflector of the respective foldable member forms part of a sparse aperture in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Bryan M. Reid, Mark SILVER, Robert MARTINEZ, Alan DECEW, Adam SHABSHELOWITZ, Michael CHRISP
  • Methods and apparatus for deployable sparse-aperture telescopes
    Patent number: 10241293
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a metering structure and a plurality of foldable members disposed around a periphery of the metering structure. Each foldable member in the plurality of foldable members includes an arm comprising a strain deployable composite and a reflector disposed on the arm. The arm in a respective foldable member in the plurality of foldable members is configured to hold the respective foldable member toward the metering structure in a first state and to hold the respective foldable member away from the metering structure in a second state such that the reflector of the respective foldable member forms part of a sparse aperture in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bryan M. Reid, Mark Silver, Robert Martinez, Alan Decew, Adam Shabshelowitz, Michael Chrisp
  • Methods and Apparatus for Deployable Sparse-Aperture Telescopes
    Publication number: 20180106981
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a metering structure and a plurality of foldable members disposed around a periphery of the metering structure. Each foldable member in the plurality of foldable members includes an arm comprising a strain deployable composite and a reflector disposed on the arm. The arm in a respective foldable member in the plurality of foldable members is configured to hold the respective foldable member toward the metering structure in a first state and to hold the respective foldable member away from the metering structure in a second state such that the reflector of the respective foldable member forms part of a sparse aperture in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: BRYAN M. REID, MARK SILVER, ROBERT MARTINEZ, ALAN DECEW, ADAM SHABSHELOWITZ, MICHAEL CHRISP