Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN RASSE

BENJAMIN RASSE 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).

  • Aerobraking satellite deorbiting system
    Patent number: 10954006
    Abstract: A satellite deorbiting device including an aerobraking surface including a satellite attitude control device with gravity gradient, the device with gravity gradient including at least one mast carrying the aerobraking surface, a first end of which is secured to the satellite and the second end of which is provided with a mass, such that the mast is oriented in a direction opposing that of the planet around which the satellite orbits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Rasse, Patrice Damiano
  • Satellite deorbiting system
    Patent number: 10723490
    Abstract: A device to stabilize and deorbit a satellite includes a pair of coplanar masts, each one carrying at least one membrane forming an aerobraking web. The masts are fixed to the satellite along non-parallel axes. Each mast is provided on the opposite end of the satellite with a mass to generate a gravity gradient. The end of each mast is fixed to the satellite. The masts form, with the bisectrix between the masts, a fixed angle to align the bisectrix with the satellite speed vector at any altitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP SAS
    Inventors: Benjamin Rasse, Patrice Damiano
  • AEROBRAKING SATELLITE DEORBITING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180029728
    Abstract: A satellite deorbiting device including an aerobraking surface including a satellite attitude control device with gravity gradient, the device with gravity gradient including at least one mast carrying the aerobraking surface, a first end of which is secured to the satellite and the second end of which is provided with a mass, such that the mast is oriented in a direction opposing that of the planet around which the satellite orbits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin RASSE, Patrice DAMIANO
  • SATELLITE DEORBITING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180022476
    Abstract: A device to stabilize and deorbit a satellite includes a pair of coplanar masts, each one carrying at least one membrane forming an aerobraking web. The masts are fixed to the satellite along non-parallel axes. Each mast is provided on the opposite end of the satellite with a mass to generate a gravity gradient. The end of each mast is fixed to the satellite. The masts form, with the bisectrix between the masts, a fixed angle to align the bisectrix with the satellite speed vector at any altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: BENJAMIN RASSE, PATRICE DAMIANO