Patents by Inventor Nicolas DANDO

Nicolas DANDO 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).

  • Large rigid deployable structures and method of deploying and locking such structures
    Patent number: 8550407
    Abstract: The invention is situated in the field of telecommunication satellites. A deployable structure with which such a satellite may be equipped and a method of deploying the deployable structure is provided. The deployable structure includes: a set of primary panels, a set of secondary panels, primary articulation systems, each primary articulation system enabling a primary panel to be caused to pivot relative to another primary panel about a primary axis, the primary axes being substantially parallel to the primary panels, and secondary articulation systems, each secondary articulation system being associated with a secondary panel and enabling said panel to be caused to pivot relative to another panel about a secondary axis parallel to said panels, the deployable structure being configured in such a manner that, in a deployed configuration, the front surfaces of the panels form a substantially continuous overall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Stéphane Vezain, Yannick Baudasse, Nicolas Dando, Ludovic Schreider
  • Large Rigid Deployable Structures and Method of Deploying and Locking Such Structures
    Publication number: 20120325973
    Abstract: The invention is situated in the field of telecommunication satellites. A deployable structure with which such a satellite may be equipped and a method of deploying the deployable structure is provided. The deployable structure includes: a set of primary panels, a set of secondary panels, primary articulation systems, each primary articulation system enabling a primary panel to be caused to pivot relative to another primary panel about a primary axis, the primary axes being substantially parallel to the primary panels, and secondary articulation systems, each secondary articulation system being associated with a secondary panel and enabling said panel to be caused to pivot relative to another panel about a secondary axis parallel to said panels, the deployable structure being configured in such a manner that, in a deployed configuration, the front surfaces of the panels form a substantially continuous overall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES (CNES), THALES
    Inventors: Stéphane VEZAIN, Yannick BAUDASSE, Nicolas DANDO, Ludovic SCHREIDER