Patents by Inventor Kenneth Kuffman

Kenneth Kuffman 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).

  • Integrated reflector and boom
    Publication number: 20050073467
    Abstract: An integral reflector-boom assembly (1) for a deployable antenna includes a facesheet (9) of stiff reflective material and a stiff lattice or grid structure bonded to the facesheet to form a reflector (3) portion of the assembly and a boom (5). Interlocked ribs (13, 15, 17 & 19) are arranged in a pattern that defines an isogrid structure in the reflector portion and at least a part of the boom assembly. Some of the ribs (13) extend in one piece from the reflector portion through the boom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Kawahara, Kenneth Kuffman, Garrett Wittkopp