Patents by Inventor Paul Hoffecker

Paul Hoffecker 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).

  • Publication number: 20250361038
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a vibration control system and a vibration control device for structurally isolating a load from a vibration source. In various embodiments a vibration isolation device includes a first and support structure and a sidewall extending between and defining a body of the vibration isolation component. In embodiments the sidewall is configured to structurally support the load. In embodiments the sidewall includes one or more lattice portions occupying at least part of a total area of the sidewall, the lattice portions configured to attenuate a transfer of vibrations through the sidewall between the first and second support structures for reducing vibration transfer from the spacecraft vibration source and the load. In embodiments the body of the vibration isolation device is approximately the same as a component without one or more lattice portions such that the payload interface cone is a drop-in replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Esteen Bottlinger, Nicholas R. Chandler, Patrick Grosserode, Paul Hoffecker, Richard Meitz, Scott R. Rowland, Trevor J. Pirtle
  • Patent number: 12409956
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a vibration control system and a vibration control device for structurally isolating a load from a vibration source. In various embodiments a vibration isolation device includes a first and support structure and a sidewall extending between and defining a body of the vibration isolation component. In embodiments the sidewall is configured to structurally support the load. In embodiments the sidewall includes one or more lattice portions occupying at least part of a total area of the sidewall, the lattice portions configured to attenuate a transfer of vibrations through the sidewall between the first and second support structures for reducing vibration transfer from the spacecraft vibration source and the load. In embodiments the body of the vibration isolation device is approximately the same as a component without one or more lattice portions such that the payload interface cone is a drop-in replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Esteen Bottlinger, Nicholas R. Chandler, Patrick Grosserode, Paul Hoffecker, Richard Meitz, Scott R. Rowland, Trevor J. Pirtle
  • Publication number: 20230211901
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a vibration control system and a vibration control device for structurally isolating a load from a vibration source. In various embodiments a vibration isolation device includes a first and support structure and a sidewall extending between and defining a body of the vibration isolation component. In embodiments the sidewall is configured to structurally support the load. In embodiments the sidewall includes one or more lattice portions occupying at least part of a total area of the sidewall, the lattice portions configured to attenuate a transfer of vibrations through the sidewall between the first and second support structures for reducing vibration transfer from the spacecraft vibration source and the load. In embodiments the body of the vibration isolation device is approximately the same as a component without one or more lattice portions such that the payload interface cone is a drop-in replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Esteen Bottlinger, Nicholas R. Chandler, Patrick Grosserode, Paul Hoffecker, Richard Meitz, Scott R. Rowland, Trevor J. Pirtle