Jason T Armstrong

US Patent:

20200307834, Oct 1, 2020

Filed:

Jun 16, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/902865

Inventors:

- Dallas TX, US
Jason Armstrong - Chantilly VA, US
Robert Spicer - Chantilly VA, US

International Classification:

B64G 1/64

Abstract:

The disclosure provides a configurable-mass rideshare dispenser for a rideshare adapter employable with a LV. In one example, the configurable-mass rideshare dispenser includes: (1) a modular chassis having a plurality of walls, wherein each of the plurality of walls includes multiple internal mounts operable to mount at multiple candidate locations a rideshare payload, its associated attachment/deployment mechanisms, signal processing circuitry, and at least one additional mass object, and (2) at least one door coupled to at least one of the plurality of walls, wherein the signal processing circuitry is operable to provide deployment sequencing that operates the at least one door.

US Patent:

20170327252, Nov 16, 2017

Filed:

Jul 17, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/651956

Inventors:

- Chantilly VA, US
Jason Armstrong - Chantilly VA, US
Robert Spicer - Chantilly VA, US

International Classification:

B64G 1/64
B64G 1/00
B64G 1/64

Abstract:

A rideshare adapter for a launch vehicle (LV), a configurable-mass rideshare dispenser for a rideshare adapter employable with a LV, and a method of operating a configurable-mass rideshare dispenser for an LV are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the rideshare adapter includes: (1) an annular peripheral wall that defines an interior of the rideshare adapter and (2) inner support walls, mechanically coupled to the peripheral wall, that are located within the interior and divide the interior into multiple rideshare dispenser compartments.