Patents by Inventor Ayumi Nakanishi

Ayumi Nakanishi 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).

  • Space debris removing device and space debris removing method
    Patent number: 9463884
    Abstract: Provided are a space debris removing device and a method which enable easy installation of a deceleration device to space debris undergoing a tumbling motion. The space debris removing device includes: a propulsion device (3) for performing approach and attitude control on target debris (1); a capture device (4) having a harpoon (41) which can be ejected toward the target debris (1); an observation device (5) for calculating a capture position (E) and a capture attitude at which the harpoon (41) can be driven into a tank (11) (hollow portion) of the target debris (1) by observing a motion of the target debris (1); a deceleration device (6) directly or indirectly connected to the harpoon (41), for decelerating the target debris (1); and a body part (21) on which the propulsion device (3), the capture device (4), the observation device (5), and the deceleration device (6) are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihito Kitazawa, Aritsune Kawabe, Kozue Hashimoto, Mitsuharu Sonehara, Masaru Uji, Shinya Morita, Katsuaki Nomura, Ayumi Nakanishi
  • SPACE DEBRIS REMOVING DEVICE AND SPACE DEBRIS REMOVING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140367523
    Abstract: Provided are a space debris removing device and a method which enable easy installation of a deceleration device to space debris undergoing a tumbling motion. The space debris removing device includes: a propulsion device (3) for performing approach and attitude control on target debris (1); a capture device (4) having a harpoon (41) which can be ejected toward the target debris (1); an observation device (5) for calculating a capture position (E) and a capture attitude at which the harpoon (41) can be driven into a tank (11) (hollow portion) of the target debris (1) by observing a motion of the target debris (1); a deceleration device (6) directly or indirectly connected to the harpoon (41), for decelerating the target debris (1); and a body part (21) on which the propulsion device (3), the capture device (4), the observation device (5), and the deceleration device (6) are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicants: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD., IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihito Kitazawa, Aritsune Kawabe, Kozue Hashimoto, Mitsuharu Sonehara, Masaru Uji, Shinya Morita, Katsuaki Nomura, Ayumi Nakanishi