Patents by Inventor Nicholas Barsalou

Nicholas Barsalou 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).

  • Architecture, methods, and apparatus for additive manufacturing and assembly of sparse structures, multifunctional structures, and components for space and terrestrial systems
    Patent number: 10213965
    Abstract: A truss-formation apparatus comprising two truss makers and a lateral stage, wherein the truss makers create trusses and each truss maker comprises thermal dies, heaters with temperature sensors, and mandrels; wherein the truss makers form trusses that comprise parallel truss elements and battens; wherein a pultrusion actuator pulls parallel truss elements down along a mandrel; wherein a batten actuator causes a thermal die to rotate around a mandrel forming battens that connect parallel truss elements to one another; and wherein the lateral stage comprises a thermal die and traverses the gap between the parallel trusses forming cross members that connect the trusses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TETHERS UNLIMITED INC
    Inventors: Robert Hoyt, Gregory Kirkos, Jeffrey Slostad, Gregory Jimmerson, Todd Moser, Mark Jaster, Nicholas Barsalou
  • Architecture, Methods, and Apparatus for Additive Manufacturing and Assembly of Sparse Structures, Multifunctional Structures, and Components for Space and Terrestrial Systems
    Publication number: 20160067919
    Abstract: A truss-formation apparatus comprising two truss makers and a lateral stage, wherein the truss makers create trusses and each truss maker comprises thermal dies, heaters with temperature sensors, and mandrels; wherein the truss makers form trusses that comprise parallel truss elements and battens; wherein a pultrusion actuator pulls parallel truss elements down along a mandrel; wherein a batten actuator causes a thermal die to rotate around a mandrel forming battens that connect parallel truss elements to one another; and wherein the lateral stage comprises a thermal die and traverses the gap between the parallel trusses forming cross members that connect the trusses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT HOYT, Gregory Kirkos, Jeffrey Slostad, Gregory Jimmerson, Todd Moser, Mark Jaster, Nicholas Barsalou