Patents by Inventor Mark R. Altobelli

Mark R. Altobelli 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).

  • Patent number: 5163640
    Abstract: Selective reconfiguration of existing spacecraft on-board control and propulsion equipment is provided. The modification combines add-on switch means such as solid state multiplexers or relay banks and rate sensing gyros with existing accelerometers, propulsion control electronics and thrusters. The switch means reconfigure the input circuits and the output circuits of the propulsion control electronics. The switch means select the rate sensing gyro and the liquid apogee motors for control of spacecraft spin axis coning during perigee solid rocket motor firing, and reselects the accelerometer and reaction control thrusters for on-orbit nutation control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventor: Mark R. Altobelli