Patents by Inventor Michael Alan Greco

Michael Alan Greco 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).

  • AEROSTAT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140124616
    Abstract: An aerostat deployment system includes fore and aft envelope housings with respective folded fore and aft portions of an inflatable aerostat envelope therein. A support frame is interposed between the fore and aft envelope housings, and a payload is coupled with the inflatable aerostat envelope between the fore and aft envelope housings at the time of deployment inflation. One or more of the fore or aft envelope housings includes a brake configured to control unrolling of the folded fore or aft portions. In one example, the folded aft portion of the inflatable aerostat envelope including a tail portion is inflated prior to inflation of the folded fore portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Alan Greco, Eric Jon Baack, Patrick Adam Thies, Bradley Roger Jensen, Justin Lee Marsh, Frank Louis Raymond, III