Patents by Inventor Doug Richardson
Doug Richardson 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).
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Patent number: 10790778Abstract: Deployable solar panels are disclosed. In some embodiments, the deployable solar panel includes an extendable member comprising a composite material and having a length and a width; a plurality of hinges, each of the plurality of hinges extending across the width of the extendable member, the plurality of hinges comprising composite material and a shape memory polymer; and a plurality of solar panels coupled with the extendable member. In some embodiments, the deployable solar panel includes a lenticular shape extending along the length of the extendable member.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.Inventors: Alexi Rakow, Naseem Munshi, Dana Turse, Doug Richardson, Larry Adams
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Patent number: 10544900Abstract: According to the invention, an extendable member is disclosed. The extendable member may include a structure having a first state and a second state. The structure may be deformable between the first state and the second state. In the first state the structure may include a compact form. In the second state the structure may include a hollow longeron having a slit along the entire length of the hollow longeron. One or both longitudinal edges along the slit of the hollow longeron may have lateral protrusions. The lateral protrusions of a longitudinal edge may act in such a way with the other edge, and possibly its protrusions, to at least partially inhibit relative motion of the edges.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.Inventors: Robert Taylor, Dana Turse, Larry G. Adams, Mark Reavis, Doug Richardson
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Patent number: 10498794Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a social entertainment platform that supports live social video streaming and messaging. One common use for this social entertainment platform is to allow audience members to watch and interact with a person playing an electronic game. The social entertainment platform allows a streamer to stream live (in substantially real-time) on a network(s), such as the Internet, for a live audience to view and to respond to the live entertainment. The social entertainment platform includes several unique areas, including a real-time broadcasting component, a real-time messaging component, and an integrated user interface (UI) component, that make the social entertainment platform advantageous to use over traditional platforms.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Caffeine, Inc.Inventors: Ben Keighran, Sam Roberts, Justin Henzie, Doug Richardson, George Leontiev, Peter Sankauskas, Nicolas Artman
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Patent number: 10266368Abstract: An assembly that includes a wedge and mandrel that share an axis of rotation and can be rotated independently or simultaneously to stow or deploy slit-tube longerons. A wedge is crescent shaped, with a height that increases along an outer perimeter as the arc of the crescent is traversed from a first end to a second end. The changing height of the wedge allows a slit-tube longeron to be flattened for stowage or can be disengaged to allow the tube to curl up for deployment.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Dana Turse, Adam Gray, Doug Richardson, Robert Taylor
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Patent number: 10196817Abstract: A boom deployment mechanism is disclosed. The boom deployment mechanism may include a boom, a root plug, and a locking mechanism. In some embodiments, the boom may have a proximal end and a distal end. The boom may have a deployed configuration where the boom has a tubular shape with a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom from the proximal end of the boom to the distal end of the boom. The boom may have a stowed configuration where the boom is flattened and rolled. In some embodiments, the locking mechanism may be configured to secure the proximal end of the boom to the root plug when the boom is in a deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.Inventors: Alexi Rakow, Paul Koenig, Doug Richardson, Dana Turse, Larry Adams
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Patent number: 10160555Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a boom deployment system. The boom deployment system, for example, may include a housing, a spool, a first boom, and a second boom. The spool may be disposed within the housing and configured to rotate around an axis that is fixed relative to the housing. The first boom and/or the second boom may have a cylindrical shape in a deployed configuration, a flattened shape in a stowed configuration, and a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom in the deployed configuration. The first boom and/or the second boom may be stowed in the stowed configuration flattened and wrapped around the spool. The first boom and/or the second boom may transition from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration as the spool rotates around the axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Dana Turse, Larry Adams, Doug Richardson
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Patent number: 10071823Abstract: An asymmetric mast is disclosed that can be used for solar arrays. The asymmetric mast can have an asymmetry out of the plane of the solar blanket. The mast may include two or more booms that comprise slit tube longerons. In some embodiments, a single mast can be used with one or two solar blankets.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, INC.Inventors: Dana Turse, Robert Taylor, Larry G. Adams, Doug Richardson
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Publication number: 20180175785Abstract: Deployable solar panels are disclosed. In some embodiments, the deployable solar panel includes an extendable member comprising a composite material and having a length and a width; a plurality of hinges, each of the plurality of hinges extending across the width of the extendable member, the plurality of hinges comprising composite material and a shape memory polymer; and a plurality of solar panels coupled with the extendable member. In some embodiments, the deployable solar panel includes a lenticular shape extending along the length of the extendable member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Alexi Rakow, Naseem Munshi, Dana Turse, Doug Richardson, Larry Adams
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Publication number: 20170298628Abstract: A boom deployment mechanism is disclosed. The boom deployment mechanism may include a boom, a root plug, and a locking mechanism. In some embodiments, the boom may have a proximal end and a distal end. The boom may have a deployed configuration where the boom has a tubular shape with a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom from the proximal end of the boom to the distal end of the boom. The boom may have a stowed configuration where the boom is flattened and rolled. In some embodiments, the locking mechanism may be configured to secure the proximal end of the boom to the root plug when the boom is in a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Alexi Rakow, Paul Koenig, Doug Richardson, Dana Turse, Larry Adams
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Patent number: 9664211Abstract: Various shape memory polymer (SMP) devices are disclosed. Many of these SMP devices can be used as attachment and/or release mechanisms for any number of different applications. These SMP devices can use various characteristics of the SMP material to allow for various shape changes. These shape changes, in some embodiments, can be used to provide for release and/or attachment devices, for example, SMP bolts, SMP screws, SMP collars, SMP pillars, SMP panels, and/or SMP rivets, to name a few. An SMP device can include a first geometric state and a second geometric shape. The first geometric shape can restrict motion of two distinct objects relative to one another and the second geometrical shape can allow motion of two distinct objects relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Mike Tupper, Robert Taylor, Dana Turse, Doug Richardson, Larry G. Adams, Philip N. Keller
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Publication number: 20160311558Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a boom deployment system. The boom deployment system, for example, may include a housing, a spool, a first boom, and a second boom. The spool may be disposed within the housing and configured to rotate around an axis that is fixed relative to the housing. The first boom and/or the second boom may have a cylindrical shape in a deployed configuration, a flattened shape in a stowed configuration, and a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom in the deployed configuration. The first boom and/or the second boom may be stowed in the stowed configuration flattened and wrapped around the spool. The first boom and/or the second boom may transition from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration as the spool rotates around the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Dana Turse, Larry Adams, Doug Richardson
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Patent number: 9404256Abstract: A system comprising a boom having a first end, a longitudinal length, and a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom; a drum having an elliptic cross section and a longitudinal length; an attachment mechanism coupled with the first end of the boom and the drum such that the boom and the drum are substantially perpendicular relative to one another; an inner shaft having a longitudinal length, the inner shaft disposed within the drum, the longitudinal length of the inner shaft is aligned substantially parallel with the longitudinal length of the drum, the inner shaft at least partially rotatable relative to the drum, and the inner shaft is at least partially rotatable with the drum; and at least two cords coupled with the inner shaft and portions of the boom near the first end of the boom.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.Inventors: Larry Adams, Dana Turse, Doug Richardson
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Publication number: 20150368903Abstract: An assembly that includes a wedge and mandrel that share an axis of rotation and can be rotated independently or simultaneously to stow or deploy slit-tube longerons. A wedge is crescent shaped, with a height that increases along an outer perimeter as the arc of the crescent is traversed from a first end to a second end. The changing height of the wedge allows a slit-tube longeron to be flattened for stowage or can be disengaged to allow the tube to curl up for deployment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Dana Turse, Adam Gray, Doug Richardson, Robert Taylor
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Publication number: 20150284955Abstract: A system comprising a boom having a first end, a longitudinal length, and a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom; a drum having an elliptic cross section and a longitudinal length; an attachment mechanism coupled with the first end of the boom and the drum such that the boom and the drum are substantially perpendicular relative to one another; an inner shaft having a longitudinal length, the inner shaft disposed within the drum, the longitudinal length of the inner shaft is aligned substantially parallel with the longitudinal length of the drum, the inner shaft at least partially rotatable relative to the drum, and the inner shaft is at least partially rotatable with the drum; and at least two cords coupled with the inner shaft and portions of the boom near the first end of the boom.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Larry Adams, Dana Turse, Doug Richardson
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Publication number: 20150144740Abstract: An asymmetric mast is disclosed that can be used for solar arrays. The asymmetric mast can have an asymmetry out of the plane of the solar blanket. The mast may include two or more booms that comprise slit tube longerons. In some embodiments, a single mast can be used with one or two solar blankets.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Dana Turse, Robert Taylor, Larry G. Adams, Doug Richardson
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Publication number: 20140329034Abstract: According to the invention, an extendable member is disclosed. The extendable member may include a structure having a first state and a second state. The structure may be deformable between the first state and the second state. In the first state the structure may include a compact form. In the second state the structure may include a hollow longeron having a slit along the entire length of the hollow longeron. One or both longitudinal edges along the slit of the hollow longeron may have lateral protrusions. The lateral protrusions of a longitudinal edge may act in such a way with the other edge, and possibly its protrusions, to at least partially inhibit relative motion of the edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Robert Taylor, Dana Turse, Larry G. Adams, Mark Reavis, Doug Richardson
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Patent number: D751498Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Naseem A. Munshi, Mark Reavis, Doug Richardson, Robert Taylor, Michael L. Tupper, Dana Turse, Paul Fabian, Sam Hafner, Patrick Hipp
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Patent number: D754598Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Naseem A. Munshi, Mark Reavis, Doug Richardson, Robert Taylor, Michael L. Tupper, Paul Fabian
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Patent number: D755118Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Naseem A. Munshi, Mark Reavis, Doug Richardson, Robert Taylor, Michael L. Tupper, Dana Turse, Paul Fabian, Sam Hafner, Patrick Hipp
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Patent number: D755119Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Naseem A. Munshi, Mark Reavis, Doug Richardson, Robert Taylor, Michael L. Tupper, Paul Fabian