Patents by Inventor Mark Antony Cappelli

Mark Antony Cappelli 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).

  • Unified chemical electric propulsion system
    Patent number: 9145216
    Abstract: A spacecraft propulsion system has at least one chemical thruster, at least one electric thruster, a propellant supply arrangement that stores a propellant and a propellant conditioning arrangement configured to convert propellant into chemical species in a thermodynamic phase that can be readily ionized. The propellant is commonly supplied from the propellant storage device to each of the chemical thruster and the electric thruster. The chemical thruster has a gas generator and a high thrust accelerator; the electric thruster has a plasma generator and a high specific impulse accelerator. The propellant supply arrangement is configured to control flow of the propellant from the propellant supply arrangement to the gas generator and the propellant conditioning arrangement, and a first flow path connects propellant supply arrangement with the gas generator, and a second flow path connects propellant supply arrangement with the plasma generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Gascon, Mark Antony Cappelli, Ronald W. King
  • UNIFIED CHEMICAL ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130047578
    Abstract: A spacecraft propulsion system has at least one chemical thruster, at least one electric thruster, a propellant supply arrangement that stores a propellant and a propellant conditioning arrangement configured to convert propellant into chemical species in a thermodynamic phase that can be readily ionized. The propellant is commonly supplied from the propellant storage device to each of the chemical thruster and the electric thruster. The chemical thruster has a gas generator and a high thrust accelerator; the electric thruster has a plasma generator and a high specific impulse accelerator. The propellant supply arrangement is configured to control flow of the propellant from the propellant supply arrangement to the gas generator and the propellant conditioning arrangement, and a first flow path connects propellant supply arrangement with the gas generator, and a second flow path connects propellant supply arrangement with the plasma generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Gascon, Mark Antony Cappelli, Ronald W. King