Patents by Inventor Michael J. Hulse

Michael J. Hulse 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).

  • Rigid slit-tube laminate system
    Patent number: 9840060
    Abstract: Laminate structures and methods of making laminate structures having overwrapped laminate edges which resist delamination and fraying or including one or more stabilizer laminates which afford greater radial and torsional rigidity in longitudinally slit tube structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TENDEG LLC
    Inventors: William H. Francis, Gregg E. Freebury, Michael J. Hulse
  • Rigid Slit-Tube Laminate System
    Publication number: 20160052225
    Abstract: Laminate structures and methods of making laminate structures having overwrapped laminate edges which resist delamination and fraying or including one or more stabilizer laminates which afford greater radial and torsional rigidity in longitudinally slit tube structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Roccor, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Francis, Gregg E. Freebury, Michael J. Hulse
  • Self deploying solar array
    Patent number: 8387921
    Abstract: A deployable structure that may include a slit-tube longeron and a flat panel coupled with the slit-tube longeron. The slit-tube longeron may include a tubular member having a slit that runs along the longitudinal length of the slit-tube longeron. The deployable structure may be configured to couple with a satellite. And the deployable structure may be configured to transform between a stowed state and a deployed state where the tubular member is substantially straight when the deployable structure is in the deployed state, and the tubular member is wrapped around the satellite when the deployable structure is in the stowed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Taylor, Philip N. Keller, Kaushik Mallick, Dana Turse, Michael J. Hulse
  • SELF DEPLOYING SOLAR ARRAY
    Publication number: 20110210209
    Abstract: A deployable structure that may include a slit-tube longeron and a flat panel coupled with the slit-tube longeron. The slit-tube longeron may include a tubular member having a slit that runs along the longitudinal length of the slit-tube longeron. The deployable structure may be configured to couple with a satellite. And the deployable structure may be configured to transform between a stowed state and a deployed state where the tubular member is substantially straight when the deployable structure is in the deployed state, and the tubular member is wrapped around the satellite when the deployable structure is in the stowed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Composite Technology Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Taylor, Philip N. Keller, Kaushik Mallick, Dana Turse, Michael J. Hulse