Patents by Inventor XAVIER AMIQUES

XAVIER AMIQUES 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).

  • Attitude control device for a satellite and method for controlling the attitude of a satellite
    Patent number: 11535404
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus for a satellite includes: at least three electric motors, wherein the at least three electric motors are arranged in such a way that a torque may be generated with any orientation of an associated torque vector, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to drive the at least three electric motors based on a torque controller. The torque controller is adapted to operate the at least three electric motors outside a rest state only when an acceleration torque and a braking torque are required to execute an agile attitude change maneuver. There is also described an associated method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Winfried Halle, Thomas Terzibaschian, Christian Raschke, Wolfgang Baerwald, Xavier Amiques, Andreas Kotz
  • ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A SATELLITE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ATTITUDE OF A SATELLITE
    Publication number: 20200010222
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus for a satellite includes: at least three electric motors, wherein the at least three electric motors are arranged in such a way that a torque may be generated with any orientation of an associated torque vector, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to drive the at least three electric motors based on a torque controller. The torque controller is adapted to operate the at least three electric motors outside a rest state only when an acceleration torque and a braking torque are required to execute an agile attitude change maneuver. There is also described an associated method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: WINFRIED HALLE, THOMAS TERZIBASCHIAN, CHRISTIAN RASCHKE, WOLFGANG BAERWALD, XAVIER AMIQUES, ANDREAS KOTZ