Patents by Inventor Gregory Kirkos

Gregory Kirkos 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).

  • Architecture, methods, and apparatus for additive manufacturing and assembly of sparse structures, multifunctional structures, and components for space and terrestrial systems
    Patent number: 10213965
    Abstract: A truss-formation apparatus comprising two truss makers and a lateral stage, wherein the truss makers create trusses and each truss maker comprises thermal dies, heaters with temperature sensors, and mandrels; wherein the truss makers form trusses that comprise parallel truss elements and battens; wherein a pultrusion actuator pulls parallel truss elements down along a mandrel; wherein a batten actuator causes a thermal die to rotate around a mandrel forming battens that connect parallel truss elements to one another; and wherein the lateral stage comprises a thermal die and traverses the gap between the parallel trusses forming cross members that connect the trusses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TETHERS UNLIMITED INC
    Inventors: Robert Hoyt, Gregory Kirkos, Jeffrey Slostad, Gregory Jimmerson, Todd Moser, Mark Jaster, Nicholas Barsalou
  • Architecture, Methods, and Apparatus for Additive Manufacturing and Assembly of Sparse Structures, Multifunctional Structures, and Components for Space and Terrestrial Systems
    Publication number: 20160067919
    Abstract: A truss-formation apparatus comprising two truss makers and a lateral stage, wherein the truss makers create trusses and each truss maker comprises thermal dies, heaters with temperature sensors, and mandrels; wherein the truss makers form trusses that comprise parallel truss elements and battens; wherein a pultrusion actuator pulls parallel truss elements down along a mandrel; wherein a batten actuator causes a thermal die to rotate around a mandrel forming battens that connect parallel truss elements to one another; and wherein the lateral stage comprises a thermal die and traverses the gap between the parallel trusses forming cross members that connect the trusses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT HOYT, Gregory Kirkos, Jeffrey Slostad, Gregory Jimmerson, Todd Moser, Mark Jaster, Nicholas Barsalou
  • Tuning fork gyroscopes, accelerometers, and other sensors with improved scale factor
    Patent number: 7426861
    Abstract: A tuning fork gyroscope design where at least one proof mass is supported above a substrate. At least one drive electrode is also supported above the substrate adjacent the proof mass. Typically, the proof mass and the drive electrode include interleaved electrode fingers. A sense plate or shield electrode on the substrate beneath the proof mass extends completely under the extent of the electrode fingers of proof mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc S. Weinberg, Jonathan Bernstein, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Richard Elliott, Gregory Kirkos, Anthony S. Kourepenis
  • Tuning fork gyroscopes, accelerometers, and other sensors with improved scale factor
    Publication number: 20060283246
    Abstract: A tuning fork gyroscope design where at least one proof mass is supported above a substrate. At least one drive electrode is also supported above the substrate adjacent the proof mass. Typically, the proof mass and the drive electrode include interleaved electrode fingers. A sense plate or shield electrode on the substrate beneath the proof mass extends completely under the extent of the electrode fingers of proof mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Weinberg, Jonathan Bernstein, Jeffrey Borenstein, Richard Elliott, Gregory Kirkos, Anthony Kourepenis
  • Flyer assembly
    Patent number: 6576880
    Abstract: A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a jettisonable shroud and a flyer. The shroud extends along a shroud axis, and is positionable within the central void region with the shroud axis substantially parallel to the shell axis. The flyer is adapted to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis when in a first state, and to effect aerodynamic flight when in a second state. When in the first state, the flyer is positionable within the shroud with the flyer axis parallel to the shroud axis and the shell axis. The flyer includes a body member disposed about the flyer axis, and a foldable wing assembly mounted to the body member. The wing assembly is configurable in a folded state characterized by a plurality of nested wing segments when the flyer is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Martorana, Jamie Anderson, Simon Mark Spearing, Seth Kessler, Brent Appleby, Edward Bergmann, Sean George, Steven Jacobson, Donald Fyler, Mark Drela, Gregory Kirkos, William McFarland, Jr.
  • FLYER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20030089820
    Abstract: A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a jettisonable shroud and a flyer. The shroud extends along a shroud axis, and is positionable within the central void region with the shroud axis substantially parallel to the shell axis. The flyer is adapted to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis when in a first state, and to effect aerodynamic flight when in a second state. When in the first state, the flyer is positionable within the shroud with the flyer axis parallel to the shroud axis and the shell axis. The flyer includes a body member disposed about the flyer axis, and a foldable wing assembly mounted to the body member. The wing assembly is configurable in a folded state characterized by a plurality of nested wing segments when the flyer is in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Richard T. Martorana, Jamie Anderson, Simon Mark Spearing, Seth Kessler, Brent Appleby, Edward Bergmann, Sean George, Steven Jacobson, Donald Fyler, Mark Drela, Gregory Kirkos, William McFarland
  • Flyer assembly
    Patent number: 6392213
    Abstract: A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a jettisonable shroud and a flyer. The shroud extends along a shroud axis, and is positionable within the central void region with the shroud axis substantially parallel to the shell axis. The flyer is adapted to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis when in a first state, and to effect aerodynamic flight when in a second state. When in the first state, the flyer is positionable within the shroud with the flyer axis parallel to the shroud axis and the shell axis. The flyer includes a body member disposed about the flyer axis, and a foldable wing assembly mounted to the body member. The wing assembly is configurable in a folded state characterized by a plurality of nested wing segments when the flyer is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Martorana, Jamie Anderson, Simon Mark Spearing, Seth Kessler, Brent Appleby, Edward Bergmann, Sean George, Steven Jacobson, Donald Fyler, Mark Drela, Gregory Kirkos, William McFarland, Jr.