Patents by Inventor Grant Robert Woods

Grant Robert Woods 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).

  • Publication number: 20230002086
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are described for a mounting flange and bracket for a space habitat. The bracket system couples a bladder of a space habitat to a cylindrical core. The bracket system includes a soft goods layer configured to cover the bladder of the space habitat. The bracket system includes a mounting flange configured to couple at an end of the cylindrical core. The mounting flange includes a lip extending around the mounting flange. The bracket system includes a bracket configured to connect the soft goods layer to the mounting flange. The bracket has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a pin configured to couple to the soft goods layer. The second end includes a protrusion configured to latch to the lip of the mounting flange. In some variations, a cap is configured to be coupled to the outer side of the mounting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Hickerson, Mariusz Erni Pecherzewski, Charles Ralph Sandy, Jeffrey Robert Valania, Grant Robert Woods
  • Publication number: 20220396379
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are described for a bracket fixture for securing a load to a soft goods layer in a space habitat. The bracket fixture includes a base having a plurality of sides, the plurality of sides having a pin parallel to its respective side, and an aperture between the pin and the respective side. The bracket fixture further includes a protrusion extending from the base, the protrusion including a fixture element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Grant Robert Woods, Jeffrey S. Hickerson, Charles Ralph Sandy
  • Publication number: 20220396378
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are described for a core of a space habitat. The core includes a plurality of internal beams extending a length of the core. The core also includes a plurality of end rings at a first end of the core and a second end of the core, the plurality of end rings spaced the length of the core. The core also includes an internal ring coupled to the internal beams between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Charles John Hatsell, Loren T. McDaniel, Eric Charles Schleicher, Grant Robert Woods