Patents by Inventor Carl Devillier

Carl Devillier 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).

  • Patent number: 5961738
    Abstract: A solar array with a blanket having solar cells incorporated in modules that can readily be removed, replaced, and accordion-folded to a stowed condition. A scissors array having tracks in which scissors linkages are slidingly fitted enables the array to be stowed or deployed from a container in which the module are interleaved with soft, compressed leaves that protect the blanket from inertial forces during handling and launching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: AEC-Able Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Max D. Benton, P. Alan Jones, Brian Spence, Earl McCutcheon, Carl Devillier