Patents by Inventor Alan R. Perry

Alan R. Perry 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).

  • Thin film solar cell inflatable ultraviolet rigidizable deployment hinge
    Patent number: 7709729
    Abstract: A flexible inflatable hinge includes curable resin for rigidly positioning panels of solar cells about the hinge in which wrap around contacts and flex circuits are disposed for routing power from the solar cells to the power bus further used for grounding the hinge. An indium tin oxide and magnesium fluoride coating is used to prevent static discharge while being transparent to ultraviolet light that cures the embedded resin after deployment for rigidizing the inflatable hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: The Aerospace Corporation, ILC Dover, LP, Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Simburger, James H. Matsumoto, Thomas W. Giants, Alec Garcia, III, Alan R. Perry, Suraj Rawal, Craig H. Marshall, John K. H. Lin, Jonathan Robert Day, Thomas W. Kerslake, Stephen E. Scarborough
  • Composite structure adapted for controlled structural deformation
    Patent number: 5804276
    Abstract: A composite structure and related fabrication method is provided which has a plurality of composite material layers and at least one embedded shape memory alloy component for providing controlled structural deformation. The shape memory alloy component includes a shape memory alloy tendon having a relaxed shape at temperatures below a predetermined transition temperature and a contracted shape at temperatures above the predetermined transition temperature. The shape memory alloy component also comprises a pair of electrically insulating opposing face sheets adhered to opposite sides of the shape memory alloy tendon to electrically isolate the shape memory alloy tendon from the surrounding composite material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignees: McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Lockheed Martin
    Inventors: Jack H. Jacobs, Matthew M. Thomas, Duane D. Grosskrueger, Bernie F. Carpenter, Alan R. Perry
  • Fabrication method for composite structure adapted for controlled structural deformation
    Patent number: 5700337
    Abstract: A composite structure and related fabrication method is provided which has a plurality of composite material layers and at least one embedded shape memory alloy component for providing controlled structural deformation. The shape memory alloy component includes a shape memory alloy tendon having a relaxed shape at temperatures below a predetermined transition temperature and a contracted shape at temperatures above the predetermined transition temperature. The shape memory alloy component also comprises a pair of electrically insulating opposing face sheets adhered to opposite sides of the shape memory alloy tendon to electrically isolate the shape memory alloy tendon from the surrounding composite material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignees: McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jack H. Jacobs, Matthew M. Thomas, Duane D. Grosskrueger, Bernie F. Carpenter, Alan R. Perry