Patents by Inventor William S. Stevenson

William S. Stevenson 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).

  • Film-based structural components with controlled coefficient of thermal expansion
    Patent number: 4966806
    Abstract: This invention relates in general to the preparation of near zero CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) film-based structural components from aromatic heterocyclic, molecularly oriented, or lyotropic liquid crystalline, polymers, and to the use of such near-zero CTE film based structural components for the preparation of space-based structural members, especially film-based components used in the construction of satellites, space craft, space stations, space-based mirrors, e.g., for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Foster Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Lusignea, William S. Stevenson, John F. McCoy, III