Patents by Inventor Hans M. Stocker

Hans M. Stocker 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).

  • Hinge for deployable structures self locking hinge
    Patent number: 4393541
    Abstract: A two-piece hinge which is spring biased in both its folded position and in its unfolded or deployed position to provide built-in deployment power for structural members and which is provided with trigger/locking mechanisms which are held in an unlocked position when the hinge and the structural members are in their folded position and which triggers and releases the locking mechanisms to lock the hinge in its unfolded or deployed position for positive locking capability. Two trigger-locking mechanisms are used for redundancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1983
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation/Convair Div.
    Inventors: Edward J. Hujsak, Hans M. Stocker