Patents by Inventor David P. Gee

David P. Gee 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: 4529277
    Abstract: A solid surface reflector for being stowed in a constrained volume on a spacecraft comprises a central portion 10 with a series of peripheral elements 11 and 11' hingedly attached around the periphery thereof for folding movement about axes 14, 14' tangential to a circle centered on the center X of the reflector. Those elements referenced 11 have axes 14 spaced radially further from the center of the reflector than the axes 14' of elements 11' so that from a stowed condition with all the elements 11, 11' overlying central portion 10, firstly elements 11 may be unfolded and then elements 11' may be unfolded, without fouling, to define a rigid, generally smooth reflector surface wherein the gaps between adjacent elements are not significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventors: David P. Gee, Bernard J. Edwards