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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard Forrest Ewing, Everett, WA (US);
Robert Lane, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B29C 70/42 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B29C 70/42 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3097 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spacecraft. The spacecraft includes a rocket engine; a first stage connected to the rocket engine; and a payload stage connected to the first stage. The spacecraft also includes a payload structure inside the payload stage between a first compartment of the payload stage and a second compartment of the payload stage. The payload structure may be a single shell that has a corrugated shape such that an inside surface and an outside surface of the payload structure vary in shape to form the corrugations.