Patents by Inventor Robin LACROIX

Robin LACROIX 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).

  • Deployable mast with spontaneous autonomous deployment, and satellite
    Patent number: 9764857
    Abstract: A deployable mast with spontaneous autonomous deployment comprises at least one elementary structural block with a longitudinal axis of deployment X, the elementary structural block comprising two, respectively lower and upper platforms parallel to a plane YZ orthogonal to axis X, and N stages stacked on one another parallel to axis X, where N is more than 1, and where i is between 1 and N?1. Each stage comprises at least six flexible longitudinal connection arms which are articulated by tape springs, which arms are, in the deployed position, on planes parallel to axis X and are inclined relative to axis X, the N stages being secured to one another in pairs by means of connection platforms parallel to the plane YZ; two adjacent lower and upper stages are offset angularly relative to one another by rotation around the axis of deployment X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Yannick Baudasse, Stéphane Vezain, Robin Lacroix, François Guinot
  • DEPLOYABLE MAST WITH SPONTANEOUS AUTONOMOUS DEPLOYMENT, AND SATELLITE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE MAST OF THIS TYPE
    Publication number: 20160068281
    Abstract: A deployable mast with spontaneous autonomous deployment comprises at least one elementary structural block with a longitudinal axis of deployment X, the elementary structural block comprising two, respectively lower and upper platforms parallel to a plane YZ orthogonal to axis X, and N stages stacked on one another parallel to axis X, where N is more than 1, and where i is between 1 and N?1. Each stage comprises at least six flexible longitudinal connection arms which are articulated by tape springs, which arms are, in the deployed position, on planes parallel to axis X and are inclined relative to axis X, the N stages being secured to one another in pairs by means of connection platforms parallel to the plane YZ; two adjacent lower and upper stages are offset angularly relative to one another by rotation around the axis of deployment X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yannick BAUDASSE, Stéphane VEZAIN, Robin LACROIX, François GUINOT