Patents by Inventor Austin Lanham

Austin Lanham 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).

  • Modular unified avionics system
    Patent number: 12326829
    Abstract: An avionics system includes a plurality of card assemblies having a standard height and width, and a depth dependent on dimensions of components mounted on individual ones of the plurality of card assemblies, and a subset of the plurality of card assemblies selected according to their functionality and assembled together along their depth dimensions to form one or more modules having the standard height and width, wherein the one or more modules are distributable among available volumes within a spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Zachary Boblitt, Noosha Haghani, Robert Gheen, Amri Hernandez-Pellerano, Austin Lanham, Bradford Kercheval, Michael Burns, James Fraction, Omar Haddad, Shahana Pagen, Erik Laurila
  • Solid state data recorder (SSDR) for use with form-factor avionics systems
    Patent number: 12118234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-board solid state data recorder (SSDR) card configured for use in a 1U CubeSat payload form-factor multi-purpose architecture, which includes: a field programmable gate array (FPGA): a plurality of NAND storage banks of non-volatile NAND Flash storage, the plurality of NAND storage banks which store operational data, each of which is controlled by a NAND Flash controller which controls the signaling of the plurality of NAND storage banks and reading and writing to the plurality of NAND storage banks; and a plurality of SpaceWire nodes and a plurality of multi-gigabit transceivers which command the SSDR card and read/write data to the SSDR card; wherein the plurality of NAND Flash memory banks is independently controlled and independently powered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Alessandro Geist, Christopher Wilson, Cody Brewer, Austin Lanham, Nicholas Franconi, Travis Wise