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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Raju Dharmaraj, League City, TX (US);
Patrick A. Swartzell, Pearland, TX (US);
James Michael Engle, Pearland, TX (US);
Thomas L. Hoffman, Friendswood, TX (US);
Travis Andrew Moseman, Dickinson, TX (US);
Karl David Heiman, Houston, TX (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
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.