Patents by Inventor Jordan R. Schlater

Jordan R. Schlater 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).

  • Separation system and burn wire release mechanism for tethered spacecraft
    Patent number: 10266284
    Abstract: A tethered spacecraft has a first endmass and a second endmass with a telescoping stacer spring and a tether arranged between the endmasses. The spring is coiled around a center rod and initially contained within a housing, the spring being biased to push the first endmass away from the second endmass. The spring housing is affixed to the first endmass, a first end of the spring being affixed to the spring housing, and tether are affixed to spring at one end and to the second endmass at the other end. A pretensioned loop holds the endmasses abuttingly together, and a burnwire release mechanism cuts the loop to deploy the spring. Upon deployment, the spring extends to its full length to form a cylindrical boom, and the endmasses continue to move outward along the spring centerline until stopped by the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Shannon Coffey, Joseph A. Carroll, Paul Oppenheimer, Jordan R. Schlater, Ivan Galysh, Eugene Levin, Curt Hogan, Adam Thurn
  • SEPARATION SYSTEM AND BURN WIRE RELEASE MECHANISM FOR TETHERED SPACECRAFT
    Publication number: 20150115106
    Abstract: A tethered spacecraft has a first endmass and a second endmass with a telescoping stacer spring and a tether arranged between the endmasses. The spring is coiled around a center rod and initially contained within a housing, the spring being biased to push the first endmass away from the second endmass. The spring housing is affixed to the first endmass, a first end of the spring being affixed to the spring housing, and tether are affixed to spring at one end and to the second endmass at the other end. A pretensioned loop holds the endmasses abuttingly together, and a burnwire release mechanism cuts the loop to deploy the spring. Upon deployment, the spring extends to its full length to form a cylindrical boom, and the endmasses continue to move outward along the spring centerline until stopped by the tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: The Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Shannon Coffey, Joseph A. Carroll, Paul Oppenheimer, Jordan R. Schlater, Ivan Galysh, Eugene Levin, Curt Hogan, Adam Thurn