Patents by Inventor Melanie Delapierre

Melanie Delapierre 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).

  • Large-scale space-based solar power station: packaging, deployment and stabilization of lightweight structures
    Patent number: 10340698
    Abstract: A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom, and/or compactible structures and deployment mechanisms used to form and deploy such satellite modules and power generation tiles associated therewith are provided. Each satellite module and/or power generation tile may be formed of a compactable structure and deployment mechanism capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station and reliably deploy it once in orbit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sergio Pellegrino, Harry A. Atwater, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Manan Arya, Nicolas Lee, Melanie Delapierre
  • Large-scale space-based solar power station: packaging, deployment and stabilization of lightweight structures
    Patent number: 10291030
    Abstract: A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom, and/or compactible structures and deployment mechanisms used to form and deploy such satellite modules and power generation tiles associated therewith are provided. Each satellite module and/or power generation tile may be formed of a compactable structure and deployment mechanism capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station and reliably deploy it once in orbit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sergio Pellegrino, Harry A. Atwater, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Manan Arya, Nicolas Lee, Melanie Delapierre
  • Large-scale space-based solar power station: multi-scale modular space power
    Patent number: 10144533
    Abstract: A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Each solar power station includes a plurality of satellite modules. The plurality of satellite modules each include a plurality of modular power generation tiles including a photovoltaic solar radiation collector, a power transmitter and associated control electronics. The power transmitters can be coordinated as a phased array and the power generated by the phased array is transmitted to one or more power receivers to achieve remote wireless power generation and delivery. Each satellite module may be formed of a compactable structure capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Harry A. Atwater, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Sergio Pellegrino, Behrooz Abiri, Florian Bohn, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Dennis Callahan, Emily C. Warmann, Manan Arya, Nicolas Lee, Melanie Delapierre
  • Large-Scale Space-Based Solar Power Station: Packaging, Deployment and Stabilization of Lightweight Structures
    Publication number: 20160376037
    Abstract: A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom, and/or compactible structures and deployment mechanisms used to form and deploy such satellite modules and power generation tiles associated therewith are provided. Each satellite module and/or power generation tile may be formed of a compactable structure and deployment mechanism capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station and reliably deploy it once in orbit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio Pellegrino, Harry A. Atwater, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Manan Arya, Nicolas Lee, Melanie Delapierre
  • Large-Scale Space-Based Solar Power Station: Multi-Scale Modular Space Power
    Publication number: 20160380580
    Abstract: A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Each solar power station includes a plurality of satellite modules. The plurality of satellite modules each include a plurality of modular power generation tiles including a photovoltaic solar radiation collector, a power transmitter and associated control electronics. The power transmitters can be coordinated as a phased array and the power generated by the phased array is transmitted to one or more power receivers to achieve remote wireless power generation and delivery. Each satellite module may be formed of a compactable structure capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Harry A. Atwater, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Sergio Pellegrino, Behrooz Abiri, Florian Bohn, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Dennis Callahan, Emily C. Warmann, Manan Arya, Nicolas Lee, Melanie Delapierre