Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Castellano

Timothy P. Castellano 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).

  • Simplified night sky display system
    Patent number: 7438422
    Abstract: A portable structure, simply constructed with inexpensive and generally lightweight materials, for displaying a selected portion of the night sky and selected planets, satellites, comets and other astronomically observable objects that are visually perceptible within that portion of the night sky. The structure includes a computer having stored signals representing the observable objects, an image projector that converts and projects the stored signals as visually perceptible images, a first curvilinear light-reflecting surface to receive and reflect the visually perceptible images, and a second curvilinear surface to receive and display the visually perceptible images reflected from the first surface. The images may be motionless or may move with passage of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration
    Inventor: Timothy P. Castellano