Patents by Inventor Jörg Flemmig

Jörg Flemmig 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).

  • Method and device for determining the position of communication satellites
    Patent number: 6484073
    Abstract: Described is a device for determining the attitude on board of a satellite (1) with a data transfer device for carrying out optical data exchange between at least two satellites (1, 3); a device for determining one's own attitude; a device for determining the directional vectors in an inertial co-ordinate system from one's own attitude and from attitude data of at least two satellites (1, 3), said attitude data having been transmitted by means of the data transmission device; a device for determining the directional vector directed to the satellites (1, 3) of which there are at least two, in a fixed-body co-ordinate system of the satellite; and a device for attitude determination from the directional vectors determined. Also described is a method for carrying out attitude determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Fichter, Jörg Flemmig, Günter Lange, Mihael Surauer