Patents by Inventor Charles Scott MacGillivray

Charles Scott MacGillivray 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: 6293499
    Abstract: A spacecraft comprised of a plurality of functionally organized, fully independent modules. Selected ones of the modules are moveable foldably in a “clamshell”-like manner between assembled positions, wherein various components of the spacecraft are generally not readily accessible, to a service position in which virtually all of the components of the spacecraft are substantially readily accessible for service or testing. Logically organized and routed harnesses comprised of numerous electrical and mechanical elements enable the clamshell-like folding movement of selected modules. Conventional electrical and mechanical connectors associated with the harnesses permit quick detachment and complete removal of selected modules from the spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Charles Scott MacGillivray, Bruce Glen Loosli, David Lee Gerhardt, Courtney Ross Weiss