Patents by Inventor Gerasimos M. Marinos

Gerasimos M. Marinos 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).

  • Technique for dispensing earth satellites into multi-planar orbits
    Patent number: 5393017
    Abstract: A launch vehicle (e.g., a rocket) carrying a payload consisting of:1) a first set of one or more satellites for delivery to a designated first orbit in a first orbital plane, and2) a second set of one or more other satellites for delivery to a designated second orbit in a second orbital plane,is launched from earth in a conventional manner to an orbit in the first orbital plane where the satellites of the first set are released into the designated first orbit in the first orbital plane. Then, after the first set of satellites has been released, a first acceleration is imparted to the launch vehicle to change the inclination and the longitude of the ascending node of the launch vehicle by an appropriate amount so as to cause a nodal drift of the launch vehicle from the first orbital plane to the second orbital plane over a specified time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanford S. Smith, Gerasimos M. Marinos, Emanuel V. Dimicelli