Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Fusetti

Ronald J. Fusetti 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).

  • Re-useable, deployable, sun-shade and solar sail mechanism
    Patent number: 11124319
    Abstract: An assembly for deployment and retraction of a panel for outer space environment usage, includes a member secured to the panel with the member having an axis of rotation. Mass component connected to the panel, with panel wrapped about member with mass component positioned a first radial distance from the axis of rotation. Mass component has a mass per unit area greater than a mass per unit area of the panel adjacent to the mass component. With a rate of rotation of the mass component and member being same, the mass component rotates about the axis of rotation at a second radial distance from the axis of rotation, wherein the second radial distance is greater in dimension than the first radial distance. With a rate of rotation of the mass component and the member changed to be different, radial distance of the mass component to the axis of rotation decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy L. Williams, Ronald J. Fusetti, Darrell M. Storvick, Douglas G. Kon
  • RE-USEABLE, DEPLOYABLE, SUN-SHADE AND SOLAR SAIL MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20200283172
    Abstract: An assembly for deployment and retraction of a panel for outer space environment usage, includes a member secured to the panel with the member having an axis of rotation. Mass component connected to the panel, with panel wrapped about member with mass component positioned a first radial distance from the axis of rotation. Mass component has a mass per unit area greater than a mass per unit area of the panel adjacent to the mass component. With a rate of rotation of the mass component and member being same, the mass component rotates about the axis of rotation at a second radial distance from the axis of rotation, wherein the second radial distance is greater in dimension than the first radial distance. With a rate of rotation of the mass component and the member changed to be different, radial distance of the mass component to the axis of rotation decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy L. Williams, Ronald J. Fusetti, Darrell M. Storvick, Douglas G. Kon