Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Pappageorge

Nicholas J. Pappageorge 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).

  • Secondary payload interface
    Patent number: 9231691
    Abstract: A secondary payload interface for payload communications using a primary payload communications channel is provided. The secondary payload interface may include a plurality of input/output couplers which may connect the primary payload communications channel to a secondary payload. The plurality of input/output couplers may establish an isolated secondary payload communications channel within the primary payload communications channel. The secondary payload interface may be designed such that control and telemetry interactions with the operators of the communications satellite are limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Orbital Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard A. Atkinson, Jonathan Howard, Ronald E. Huebner, David A. Anhalt, Nicholas J. Pappageorge, Richard A. Singer
  • Secondary payload interface
    Patent number: 8355359
    Abstract: A secondary payload interface for payload communications using a primary payload communications channel is provided. The secondary payload interface may include a plurality of input/output couplers which may connect the primary payload communications channel to a secondary payload. The plurality of input/output couplers may establish an isolated secondary payload communications channel within the primary payload communications channel. The secondary payload interface may be designed such that control and telemetry interactions with the operators of the communications satellite are limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Orbital Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard A. Atkinson, Jonathan Howard, Ronald E. Huebner, David A. Anhalt, Nicholas J. Pappageorge, Richard A. Singer
  • SECONDARY PAYLOAD INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20090052369
    Abstract: A secondary payload interface for payload communications using a primary payload communications channel is provided. The secondary payload interface may include a plurality of input/output couplers which may connect the primary payload communications channel to a secondary payload. The plurality of input/output couplers may establish an isolated secondary payload communications channel within the primary payload communications channel. The secondary payload interface may be designed such that control and telemetry interactions with the operators of the communications satellite are limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leonard A. Atkinson, Jonathan Howard, Ronald E. Huebner, David A. Anhalt, Nicholas J. Pappageorge, Richard A. Singer