Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expandable gravity chamber for a habitation module that is housed in an inflatable shell
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Application No.: US14992956Application Date: 2016-01-11
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Publication No.: US09776743B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Raju Dharmaraj , Patrick A. Swartzell , James Michael Engle , Thomas L. Hoffman , Travis Andrew Moseman , Karl David Heiman
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Duft Bornsen & Fettig LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/00
- IPC: B64G1/00 ; B64G1/46 ; B64G1/60 ; B64G1/22

Abstract:
A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an inner cylindrical structure, outer wall segments that are attachable to one another to form an outer cylindrical wall, and opposing side walls having support members that are extendable. The gravity chamber has a first diameter when the support members are contracted, and has a larger second diameter when the support members are extended. The gravity chamber connects to the habitation module with rotating attachment members so that the gravity chamber rotates about an axis. The habitation module also includes an inflatable shell that encompasses the gravity chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170197735A1 EXPANDABLE GRAVITY CHAMBER FOR A HABITATION MODULE THAT IS HOUSED IN AN INFLATABLE SHELL Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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