Patents by Inventor Arnold Friedman

Arnold Friedman 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).

  • Method for accurizing mesh fabric reflector panels of a deployable reflector
    Patent number: 5488383
    Abstract: A method for sewing a plurality of gore-shaped metalized mesh fabric panels to each other to form a parabolic dish-shaped reflector surface for subsequent attachment to the radially extendable rib members of a deployable parabolic reflector. The method includes using a template having "cut" and "sew" lines indicated thereon for cutting out a desired number of gore-shaped panels from a bolt of metalized mesh fabric and sewing the panels together along adjacent side edges thereof to form the dish-shaped reflector surface. The dish-shaped reflector surface is then attached to the reflector by sewing the mesh fabric panels to stitch holes provided in each rib member. The reflector surface is accurized by using a wedge-shaped tool which is placed on a slack reflector panel adjacent a gore seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Friedman, William Ribble, William D. Wade