Patents by Inventor Eric Stromswold

Eric Stromswold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Control moment gyroscope array and method of power distribution therefor
    Patent number: 8210062
    Abstract: An attitude control system for a spacecraft is disclosed that includes a scissored pair of control moment gyroscopes for delivering an output torque to the spacecraft along a an output axis, wherein each gyroscope has a spin motor for spinning a rotor about a rotor axis and a gimbal torque motor for rotating the rotor about a gimbal axis, and wherein the system includes a generator for extracting kinetic energy from the rotors during rotor deceleration to power the gimbal torque motors of the gyroscopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ithaco Space Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Edward Bialke, Eric Stromswold
  • Control moment gyroscope array and method of power distribution therefor
    Publication number: 20100044517
    Abstract: An attitude control system for a spacecraft is disclosed that includes a scissored pair of control moment gyroscopes for delivering an output torque to the spacecraft along a an output axis, wherein each gyroscope has a spin motor for spinning a rotor about a rotor axis and a gimbal torque motor for rotating the rotor about a gimbal axis, and wherein the system includes a generator for extracting kinetic energy from the rotors during rotor deceleration to power the gimbal torque motors of the gyroscopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Ithaco Space Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Bialke, Eric Stromswold