Patents by Inventor Mark A. Heller

Mark A. Heller 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).

  • Control moment gyro spin bearing lubricant delivery system and method
    Patent number: 7152712
    Abstract: A lubrication medium supply system and method for delivering lubricant to, for example, the spin bearings of a control moment gyro (CMG), includes a reservoir, a motor, and a valve. A lubrication medium is placed within the reservoir, and the motor, which is coupled to the reservoir, compresses, and thereby pressurizes, the lubrication medium. The valve opens in response to the pressurization of the lubrication medium, to thereby dispense a predetermined amount of lubrication medium from the reservoir, while simultaneously depressurizing the lubrication medium in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Gisler, Mark A. Heller
  • Control moment gyro spin bearing lubricant delivery system and method
    Publication number: 20040222045
    Abstract: A lubrication medium supply system and method for delivering lubricant to, for example, the spin bearings of a control moment gyro (CMG), includes a reservoir, a motor, and a valve. A lubrication medium is placed within the reservoir, and the motor, which is coupled to the reservoir, compresses, and thereby pressurizes, the lubrication medium. The valve opens in response to the pressurization of the lubrication medium, to thereby dispense a predetermined amount of lubrication medium from the reservoir, while simultaneously depressurizing the lubrication medium in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Gary L. Gisler, Mark A. Heller