Patents by Inventor Shota Tserodze

Shota Tserodze 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).

  • Mechanical support ring structure
    Patent number: 9153860
    Abstract: A mechanical support ring structure for supporting a deployable space reflector antenna. The mechanical support ring structure is convertible from a folded state into a deployed state and includes a ring-shaped pantograph having a plurality of circumferentially arranged pantograph sections which are deployable for converting the mechanical support ring structure from the folded state into the deployed state, and a plurality of circumferentially arranged support rods, each pantograph section being arranged between a respective pair of support rods, wherein each pantograph section includes one or more pairs of pantograph rods which intersect crosswise with each other at a respective crossing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
    Inventors: Shota Tserodze, Nodar Tsignadze, Elguja Medzmariashvili, Leri Datashvili, Julian B. Santiago Prowald
  • MECHANICAL SUPPORT RING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20150060605
    Abstract: A mechanical support ring structure for supporting a deployable space reflector antenna. The mechanical support ring structure is convertible from a folded state into a deployed state and includes a ring-shaped pantograph having a plurality of circumferentially arranged pantograph sections which are deployable for converting the mechanical support ring structure from the folded state into the deployed state, and a plurality of circumferentially arranged support rods, each pantograph section being arranged between a respective pair of support rods, wherein each pantograph section includes one or more pairs of pantograph rods which intersect crosswise with each other at a respective crossing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
    Inventors: Shota Tserodze, Nodar Tsignadze, Elguja Medzmariashvili, Leri Datashvili, Julian B. Santiago Prowald