Patents by Inventor Elijah Zebadiah Gurnee

Elijah Zebadiah Gurnee 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).

  • Additive manufacturing on-orbit
    Patent number: 11524459
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes an additive manufacturing (A/M) subsystem and one or both of a thermal control arrangement and a contamination control arrangement. The A/M subsystem includes an A/M tool, feedstock and a workpiece and is configured to additively manufacture the workpiece using material from the feedstock. The thermal control arrangement is operable, in an on-orbit space environment characterized by near vacuum pressure and near zero-g force, to maintain temperature of at least one of the A/M tool, the feedstock, and the workpiece within respective specified ranges. The contamination control arrangement is operable, in the on-orbit space environment, to control outgassing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: John Scott Higham, Gordon Wu, Daniel Andrew Fluitt, Elijah Zebadiah Gurnee, Jude Zils
  • Additive manufacturing on-orbit
    Patent number: 11014303
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes an additive manufacturing (A/M) subsystem and one or both of a thermal control arrangement and a contamination control arrangement. The A/M subsystem includes an A/M tool, feedstock and a workpiece and is configured to additively manufacture the workpiece using material from the feedstock. The thermal control arrangement is operable, in an on-orbit space environment characterized by near vacuum pressure and near zero-g force, to maintain temperature of at least one of the A/M tool, the feedstock, and the workpiece within respective specified ranges. The contamination control arrangement is operable, in the on-orbit space environment, to control outgassing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: John Scott Higham, Gordon Wu, Daniel Andrew Fluitt, Elijah Zebadiah Gurnee, Jude Zils