Patents by Inventor Oliver Montenbruck

Oliver Montenbruck 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: 5506780
    Abstract: In an apparatus for orbit control of at least two co-located geostationary satellites a single interface is provided in the form of an orbit database for exchanging orbit and maneuver data between four independent decoupled function blocks of an orbit control system having a matched function scope, i.e. between a first function block for orbit determination and maneuver estimation/maneuver calibration, a second function block for maneuver planning, a third function block for monitoring the relative movement and a fourth function block for predicting specific events and ephemerides (FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Montenbruck, Martin Eckstein, Wilhelm Werner