Patents by Inventor Paul Nugteren

Paul Nugteren 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: 20050109878
    Abstract: A method of assembling a spacecraft, comprising a carrier rocket and at least a first payload, such as a satellite or the like, wherein the first payload is placed on the carrier rocket employing an adapter between the carrier rocket and the first payload, and a second relatively heavy part of the adapter is placed on the carrier rocket, after which the first part of the adapter together with the first payload is placed on the second part of the adapter and the first part of the adapter is secured in a permanent connection on the second part of the adapter so as to bring the same into the completed form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: Dutch Space B.V.
    Inventors: Johan Cruijssen, Paul Nugteren, Johannes Scholten