Patents by Inventor Bernard L. Upschulte

Bernard L. Upschulte 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 fabricating structural propellants
    Patent number: 8033021
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Physical Sciences, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash B. Joshi, Bernard L. Upschulte, Alan H. Gelb, B. David Green, Dean M. Lester, W. David Starrett, Ingvar A. Wallace
  • Method For Fabricating Structural Propellants
    Publication number: 20100180443
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicants: Physical Sciences, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash B. Joshi, Bernard L. Upschulte, Alan H. Gelb, B. David Green, Dean M. Lester, W. David Starrett, Ingvar A. Wallace
  • Polyoxymethylene as structural support member and propellant
    Patent number: 7647763
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignees: Physical Sciences, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash B. Joshi, Bernard L. Upschulte, Alan H. Gelb, B. David Green, Dean M. Lester, W. David Starrett, Ingvar A. Wallace
  • Polyoxymethylene as structural support member and propellant
    Publication number: 20090320974
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicants: Physical Sciences, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash B. Joshi, Bernard L. Upschulte, Alan H. Gelb, B. David Green, Dean M. Lester, W. David Starrett, Ingvar A. Wallace
  • POLYOXYMETHYLENE AS STRUCTURAL SUPPORT MEMBER AND PROPELLANT
    Publication number: 20090313967
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Physical Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash B. Joshi, Bernard L. Upschulte, Alan H. Gelb, B. David Green, Dean M. Lester, W. David Starrett, Ingvar A. Wallace
  • Polyoxymethylene as structural support member and propellant
    Patent number: 6904749
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Physical Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash B. Joshi, Alan H. Gelb, Bernard L. Upschulte, B. David Green
  • Diode laser-pumped magnetometer
    Patent number: 6472869
    Abstract: A diode laser-pumped magnetometer includes a diode laser that emits a polarized pumping laser beam with resonant optical radiation; and a K-cell through which a magnetic field is manifested from an independent source, the K-cell containing atoms with a dipole experiencing a torque due to the magnetic field. The atoms are excited by the resonant optical radiation of the pumping laser beam and periodically emitting a response radiation as they return to ground state such that the response radiation includes photons that indicate one unit of angular momentum indicative of the torque due to the magnetic field. Finally, a photodetector serves as a means for measuring the response radiation of the K-cell to indicate thereby a measure of the magnetic field in the K-cell from the independent magnetic source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Bernard L. Upschulte, Steven J. Davis, Ludwig C. Balling, John J. Wright