Patents by Inventor John K. H. Lin

John K. H. Lin 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).

  • Thin film solar cell inflatable ultraviolet rigidizable deployment hinge
    Patent number: 7709729
    Abstract: A flexible inflatable hinge includes curable resin for rigidly positioning panels of solar cells about the hinge in which wrap around contacts and flex circuits are disposed for routing power from the solar cells to the power bus further used for grounding the hinge. An indium tin oxide and magnesium fluoride coating is used to prevent static discharge while being transparent to ultraviolet light that cures the embedded resin after deployment for rigidizing the inflatable hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: The Aerospace Corporation, ILC Dover, LP, Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Simburger, James H. Matsumoto, Thomas W. Giants, Alec Garcia, III, Alan R. Perry, Suraj Rawal, Craig H. Marshall, John K. H. Lin, Jonathan Robert Day, Thomas W. Kerslake, Stephen E. Scarborough
  • Inflatable rigidizable boom
    Patent number: 6910308
    Abstract: A boom structure deployed by inflating the structure to a desired shape and rigidizing the structure via an external influence. The structure frame has a series of frame members which are made of a fibrous material and a resin material. This frame is encased in between a pair of membrane layers, an inner membrane inflatable to move the frame into its desired shape and an outer membrane that allows for folding the structure. Following inflation of the inner layer, an external influence acts on the resin material to solidify it, and render the structure rigid. The external influence may also act on the resin material to soften it when it is already rigid, to allow for collapsing and folding of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: ILC Dover LP
    Inventors: David P. Cadogan, Stephen E. Scarborough, John K. H. Lin, George H. Sapna, III
  • Inflatable rigidizable boom
    Publication number: 20040148901
    Abstract: A boom structure deployed by inflating the structure to a desired shape and rigidizing the structure via an external influence. The structure frame has a series of frame members which are made of a fibrous material and a resin material. This frame is encased in between a pair of membrane layers, an inner membrane inflatable to move the frame into its desired shape and an outer membrane that allows for folding the structure. Following inflation of the inner layer, an external influence acts on the resin material to solidify it, and render the structure rigid. The external influence may also act on the resin material to soften it when it is already rigid, to allow for collapsing and folding of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: David P. Cadogan, Stephen E. Scarborough, John K. H. Lin, George H. Sapna