Patents by Inventor Louis Breger

Louis Breger 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).

  • Rapid slew and settle systems for small satellites
    Patent number: 9745082
    Abstract: A new approach for rapid slew and settle of small satellites is based on four single degree-of-freedom control moment gyroscopes with variable speed flywheels (or reaction wheels) in a pyramid configuration, combined with path and endpoint constraint time-optimal control. The path and endpoint constrained time-optimal control can be augmented with momentum management without the use of additional actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Sungyung Lim, Seamus Tuohy, Daniel Dionne, Laurent Duchesne, Louis Breger
  • RAPID SLEW AND SETTLE SYSTEMS FOR SMALL SATELLITES
    Publication number: 20160355279
    Abstract: A new approach for rapid slew and settle of small satellites is based on four single degree-of-freedom control moment gyroscopes with variable speed flywheels (or reaction wheels) in a pyramid configuration, combined with path and endpoint constraint time-optimal control. The path and endpoint constrained time-optimal control can be augmented with momentum management without the use of additional actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Sungyung Lim, Seamus Tuohy, Daniel Dionne, Laurent Duchesne, Louis Breger