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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4433201 | Solar power arrays for spacecraft A laminar plastics material sheet including a transparent, electrically conductive layer used to cover the front and/or rear surfaces of a spacecraft solar array to alleviate electrostatic charge build-up thereon due to electron bombardment.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4426052 | Process and device for aligning the roll axis of a satellite with a desired direction Device for aligning the roll axis of a rotating artificial satellite having radial solar panels equipped with angularly movable control surfaces at their extremities. The device includes a motor associated with each control surface for controlling the ang... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4394529 | Solar cell array with lightweight support structure A panel comprising an aluminum honeycomb core and outer face skins of Kevlar, a bi-directional epoxy-reinforced polyparabenzamide fabric which is a thermal and electrical insulator adhering to the core and forming the opposite flat surfaces of the panel. ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4384692 | Satellite system configuration A new satellite system configuration is comprised of a power module with rigidly attached solar arrays and a control module including a sun pointing unit, an earth pointing unit and a rotary interface. The power module is attached to one face of the sun p... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4377266 | Electrical rotary joint apparatus for large space structures A structural array and electrical rotary joint for transmitting an electrical power between large space structures having relative rotational movement therebetween is disclosed as including large support framework structures A and B which rotate relative ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4374579 | Spacecraft configuration permitting a continuous three-axes attitude control A spacecraft configuration including a service module which carries optical stabilizing equipment for stabilizing the spacecraft relative to two inertially fixed targets together with solar arrays rigidly attached thereto so as to extend in the orbital pl... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4371134 | Artificial satellite arrangement with unfoldable solar generators and antennas The present invention relates to the arrangement of an artificial satellite provided with foldable solar generators and antennas. According to the invention, extensions are provided on the articulated flaps and the proximal panels, in order to be able opt... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4368415 | Converting solar power to electric power Solar energy is collected by collector means supported in space by geostationary satellite and directed to an air buoyant intermediate platform at a position within the upper atmosphere. The laser energy is there converted to microwave energy and beamed d... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4364532 | Apparatus for collecting solar energy at high altitudes and on floating structures Disclosed is apparatus for collecting solar energy with means of producing electricity by concentrating solar energy on sets of photovoltaic cells to be either positioned at high altitudes and which may be fitted to balloons or to structures floating on w... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4325124 | System for controlling the direction of the momentum vector of a geosynchronous satellite A system for compensating the disturbance torques applied to a satellite, which eliminates the requirement for a thruster control loop. The disturbance torque itself is used as the compensating torque in order to super-impose to the incidental misalignmen... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4306108 | Solar power supply for spacecraft A solar power supply for a spacecraft comprises an array of semiconductor devices for photovoltaic conversion of sunlight into electrical energy. Each semiconductor device is secured by a substantially stress-free electrically conductive joint to a flexib... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4305555 | Solar energy system with relay satellite A system for beaming solar energy from space to an earth location and putting it to useful work either as heat or light energy, or by converting it into some other form of energy such as steam or electrical power. In the system illustrated, a receiver sat... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4293731 | Solar generator, especially for space craft A plurality of lightweight sheets or panels are assembled to form a solar generator, especially for space craft. The panels or sheets which carry the solar cells, are made of fiber compound materials and are secured to a frame structure made of lightweigh... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4262867 | Apparatus for modifying position and attitude of a spacecraft The position and attitude of a spacecraft is modified by selectively adjusting the positions of panels and vanes extending from the spacecraft body, relative to the direction of the ambient solar radiation.... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4232070 | Non-arcing dielectric modular array A non-arcing modular dielectric array having an electrically conductive substrate mounting a multiplicity of spaced dielectric elements, such as second surface mirrors or solar cells, with outer dielctric surfaces spaced and electrically isolated from the... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4188666 | Method and integrated system for the torque control and energy storage for a space vehicle The energy storage is effected kinetically. The system includes a first feedback loop with a time constant ͌1 including a regulator connecting the supply busbar to a device for controlling momentum wheels used for the kinetic energy storage and the torqu... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4133501 | Self-deployable solar cell panel A pair of semi-rigid solar cell panels are curved under stress and latched in arcuate edge abutting fashion about the exterior of a spacecraft body, and upon release of the latched ends flatten into tangency at opposite sides of the spacecraft body. Sprin... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4133502 | Plural panels deployed effectively as a single panel A plurality of arrays of solar cells are symmetrically stored about a spacecraft during launch to provide symmetrical loading. When the spacecraft is in operational configuration, the solar arrays are deployed adjacent each other on one side of the spacec... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4101101 | Solar generator The present invention relates to a solar generator for producing electrical energy from solar energy, mounted in particular on board an artificial satellite and constituted by a plurality of pivoted panels, stacked but unfoldable, each of which comprises ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4078747 | Orbiting solar power station The invention described herein is an orbiting solar powered, energy collecting, storage and transmitting station. Initially, a large array of solar cells collects and transforms radiant solar energy into moderate amounts of electrical current. This electr... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4076191 | Spacecraft component rotation means A bearing and drive mechanism to rotate precisely spacecraft components, in particular, an array of solar panels. A drive shaft in such a mechanism designed for long-life capability is required to have high stiffness in addition to axial and radial constr... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3989994 | Space oriented microwave power transmission system A combined active phased antenna array for satellite solar power station systems includes a plurality of directly coupled microwave energy generators for conversion of the dc power generated by a system of solar energy conversion means to microwave energy... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3948468 | Replaceable solar array panels A replaceable solar array panel for spacecraft is formed of two or more panels one of which being visible or exposed to the sun and other surfaces being shielded from the sun. The exposed and shielded surfaces are arranged to be replaced by moving or rota... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3933323 | Solid state solar to microwave energy converter system and apparatus Solid state spaced-oriented means convert solar radiation into microwave energy which is amplified and beamed to earth as a source of electrical power. A large number of semiconductor devices operating in the current multiplication region are irradiated b... | 01/20/1976 |
