Patents by Inventor Mark E. Ankrom

Mark E. Ankrom 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).

  • Modular reflector assembly for a reflector antenna
    Patent number: 9680229
    Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
  • MODULAR REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A REFLECTOR ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20150002368
    Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
  • Vertical direction spacecraft vibration test system with pseudo-free boundary conditions
    Patent number: 6257067
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, for subjecting a test object to vibrational energy testing is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a rotatable joint such as a hydrostatic ball joint for transmitting energy from a force generator to the test object, and a support structure, coupled to the test object and the rotatable joint, for flexibly restraining the test object from rotating about the center of rotation of the rotatable joint. In one embodiment of the invention, the support structure comprises a support member and at least one suspension device disposed between the support member and a ground datum. In another embodiment, the suspension device applies a suspension force to the support member in a direction substantially perpendicular to a vector from the center of rotation to the suspending force. In this embodiment the suspension devices are subjected primarily to compression and tension forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Ankrom, Scott B. Pano, Lawrence C. Vicari