Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Rivera

Daniel E. Rivera 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).

  • Extendable bumpers for vehicles
    Patent number: 10343634
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a vehicle structure, a bumper, an elongate structural member, and an extension portion. The elongate structural member is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in the longitudinal direction, is connected to the elongate structural member such that the elongate structural member and the extension portion support the bumper with respect to the vehicle structure, and is operable to move the bumper between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to the vehicle structure to change a distance between the bumper and the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Mikael Fermer, Alice C. Watts, Joel Frederic Jensen, Ronald Jack Smith, Mark B. Rober, Sung Hoon Kim, David Jennings Dostal, Russell Cranstoun Mead, Jr., Todd Elliot Lewis, Jesse T. Buehler, Nathaniel J. Dennis, Tommaso P. Rivellini, Robert R. Mayer, Anthony S. Montevirgen, Donald J. Parr, Bryce A. Woollard, Adam J. Golman, Kevin P. Makowski, Daniel E. Rivera
  • Spacecraft servicing vehicle with adaptors, tools and attachment mechanisms
    Patent number: 8006938
    Abstract: An in-space spacecraft servicing system (10) includes a servicing spacecraft (22) and a propellant module (24). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (136), as well as navigation avionics (108) for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (170). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft (16) for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank (172) with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor (70) for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Behrens, Thomas L. Kessler, Leora Peltz, Jeffrey J. Cronick, Glenn N. Caplin, Frank O. Chandler, Robert V. Frampton, Daniel E. Rivera
  • Two Part Spacecraft Servicing Vehicle System with Adaptors, Tools, and Attachment Mechanisms
    Publication number: 20110031352
    Abstract: An in-space spacecraft servicing system (10) includes a servicing spacecraft (22) and a propellant module (24). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (136), as well as navigation avionics (108) for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (170). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft (16) for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank (172) with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor (70) for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John W. Behrens, Thomas L. Kessler, Leora Peltz, Jeffrey J. Cronick, Glenn N. Caplin, Frank O. Chandler, Robert V. Frampton, Daniel E. Rivera
  • Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with universal docking adaptor
    Patent number: 7861975
    Abstract: An in-space spacecraft servicing system (10) includes a servicing spacecraft (22) and a propellant module (24). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (136), as well as navigation avionics (108) for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (170). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft (16) for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank (172) with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor (70) for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Behrens, Thomas L. Kessler, Leora Peltz, Jeffrey J. Cronick, Glenn N. Caplin, Frank O. Chandler, Robert V. Frampton, Daniel E. Rivera
  • Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with adaptors, tools, and attachment mechanisms
    Patent number: 7823837
    Abstract: An in-space spacecraft servicing system (10) includes a servicing spacecraft (22) and a propellant module (24). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (136), as well as navigation avionics (108) for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (170). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft (16) for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank (172) with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor (70) for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Behrens, Thomas L. Kessler, Leora Peltz, Jeffrey J. Cronick, Glenn N. Caplin, Frank O. Chandler, Robert V. Frampton, Daniel E. Rivera
  • Managing supply chains with model predictive control
    Patent number: 7054706
    Abstract: Entering a demand prediction for a discrete component product manufactured in a supply chain into a model predictive controller, entering inventory information for an inventory in the supply chain that is associated with the discrete component product into the model predictive controller, and controlling the inventory with the model predictive controller based on the demand prediction is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Kempf, Kirk Smith, Beverly Toperzer, Martin W. Braun, Daniel E. Rivera, Wenlin Wang
  • Managing supply chains with model predictive control
    Publication number: 20040267394
    Abstract: Entering a demand prediction for a discrete component product manufactured in a supply chain into a model predictive controller, entering inventory information for an inventory in the supply chain that is associated with the discrete component product into the model predictive controller, and controlling the inventory with the model predictive controller based on the demand prediction is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Kempf, Kirk Smith, Beverly Toperzer, Martin W. Braun, Daniel E. Rivera, Wenlin Wang