Patents by Inventor Richard Paul SLADE

Richard Paul SLADE 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).

  • Extendable structure
    Patent number: 9714519
    Abstract: An extendable structure which may be used in space-based applications, for example forming the body of a telescope. The structure is movable between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, and comprises a plurality of walls arranged to give a polygonal cross-section in the extended configuration. Each wall comprises a plurality of repeating units which are connected by a plurality of hinges. Each repeating unit itself comprises a plurality of sections connected by pluralities of first and second hinges, and in the extended configuration, each of the first hinges lies between two second hinges with the second hinges having axes which are inclined with respect to the first hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ASTRIUM LIMITED
    Inventor: Richard Paul Slade
  • EXTENDABLE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20100319270
    Abstract: An extendable structure which may be used in space-based applications, for example forming the body of a telescope. The structure is movable between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, and comprises a plurality of walls arranged to give a polygonal cross-section in the extended configuration. Each wall comprises a plurality of repeating units which are connected by a plurality of hinges. Each repeating unit itself comprises a plurality of sections connected by pluralities of first and second hinges, and in the extended configuration, each of the first hinges lies between two second hinges with the second hinges having axes which are inclined with respect to the first hinge axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Astrium Limited
    Inventor: Richard Paul SLADE