Patents by Inventor Douglas E. Chesser

Douglas E. Chesser 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).

  • Local observable area and self inspection system
    Patent number: 7837153
    Abstract: A surveying device and a method for surveying a satellite and its environs is disclosed. The surveying device comprises a docking platform having an interface for physically coupling to a surface of a bus of a spacecraft and an imaging module, releasably coupleable to the docking platform via a semi-rigid tether axially extendable and retractable by command, the imaging module having an imaging sensor for collecting image data, the imaging sensor communicatively coupled with the docking platform via the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas E. Chesser, Timothy R. Kilgore
  • LOCAL OBSERVABLE AREA AND SELF INSPECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100219297
    Abstract: A surveying device and a method for surveying a satellite and its environs is disclosed. The surveying device comprises a docking platform having an interface for physically coupling to a surface of a bus of a spacecraft and an imaging module, releasably coupleable to the docking platform via a semi-rigid tether axially extendable and retractable by command, the imaging module having an imaging sensor for collecting image data, the imaging sensor communicatively coupled with the docking platform via the tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Douglas E. Chesser, Timothy R. Kilgore