Patents by Inventor Myriam Tur

Myriam Tur 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).

  • Solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft and a solar generator panel
    Patent number: 7339108
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing the risk of primary and secondary electrostatic discharges occurring in particular in the solar generators of spacecraft. A solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft includes a reflector for reflecting solar radiation onto a photovoltaic cell for converting solar energy into electrical energy and a heat transfer arrangement for transporting to a cold area heat energy stored by the cell following reception of solar radiation. One particular application of the device is to solar panels for satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Myriam Tur, Thierry Dargent, Sylvie Brosse
  • Solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft and a solar generator panel
    Publication number: 20030155003
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing the risk of primary and secondary electrostatic discharges occurring in particular in the solar generators of spacecraft. A solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft includes a reflector for reflecting solar radiation onto a photovoltaic cell for converting solar energy into electrical energy and a heat transfer arrangement for transporting to a cold area heat energy stored by the cell following reception of solar radiation. One particular application of the device is to solar panels for satellites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Myriam Tur, Thierry Dargent, Sylvie Brosse
  • Redundant energy storage device having momentum wheels
    Patent number: 6443398
    Abstract: The invention provides a momentum wheel energy storage device for a spacecraft or satellite. The device has six wheels whose axes of rotation are parallel to edges of a tetrahedron. It thus provides redundancy which makes it possible simultaneously to store energy and to generate an arbitrary net angular momentum, even in the event of one of the wheels failing. The failure of one wheel can be accommodated without degrading operation, with energy storage being optimal regardless of the angular momentum to be generated. The failure of two wheels can be accommodated but operation may then be in degraded mode. The invention makes it possible to limit the number of momentum wheels used in a device that can accommodate failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Thierry Dargent, Myriam Tur
  • Redundant energy storage device having momentum wheels
    Publication number: 20010007340
    Abstract: The invention provides a momentum wheel energy storage device for a spacecraft or satellite. The device has six wheels whose axes of rotation are parallel to edges of a tetrahedron. It thus provides redundancy which makes it possible simultaneously to store energy and to generate an arbitrary net angular momentum, even in the event of one of the wheels failing. The failure of one wheel can be accommodated without degrading operation, with energy storage being optimal regardless of the angular momentum to be generated. The failure of two wheels can be accommodated but operation may then be in degraded mode. The invention makes it possible to limit the number of momentum wheels used in a device that can accommodate failures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Thierry Dargent, Myriam Tur