Patents by Inventor Newton D. Brown

Newton D. Brown 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).

  • Deployable flexible tunnel
    Patent number: 3952976
    Abstract: A pressurized flexible tunnel which employs a plurality of equal length cables between ends of the tunnel. The cables are lengthened or shortened together by a single winch to adjustably constrain elongation. By positioning one set of cables on one side of the tunnel and another on the opposite side of the tunnel, the tunnel may be expanded or contracted along a straight line or along a curve as permitted by externally positioned orienting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Inventors: James C. Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Newton D. Brown, Gordon L. Jeppesen, Nicholas C. Costakos