Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Slostad

Jeffrey Slostad 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
  • Structures with Internal Microstructures to Provide Multifunctional Capabilities
    Publication number: 20170239723
    Abstract: A structural spacecraft component comprising internal microstructure; wherein said microstructure comprises a plurality of parallel layers and a plurality of spacers that connect adjacent parallel layers; wherein said structural spacecraft component is a product of an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Hoyt, Jonathan Wrobel, Jesse Cushing, Mark Jaster, Nestor Voronka, Scott Frank, Jeffrey Slostad, Leonid Paritsky
  • 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
  • Structures with Internal Microstructures to Provide Multifunctional Capabilities
    Publication number: 20150048209
    Abstract: A structural spacecraft component comprising internal microstructure; wherein said microstructure comprises a plurality of parallel layers and a plurality of spacers that connect adjacent parallel layers; wherein said structural spacecraft component is a product of an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Hoyt, Jonathan Wrobel, Jesse Cushing, Mark Jaster, Nestor Voronka, Scott Frank, Jeffrey Slostad, Leonid Paritsky