Patents by Inventor PHILLIP C. CHAMBERLIN

PHILLIP C. CHAMBERLIN 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).

  • Spherical occulter coronagraph cubesat
    Patent number: 9921099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a space-based instrument which provides continuous coronal electron temperature and velocity images, for a predetermined period of time, thereby improving the understanding of coronal evolution and how the solar wind and Coronal Mass Ejection transients evolve from the low solar atmosphere through the heliosphere for an entire solar rotation. Specifically, the present invention relates to using a 6U spherical occulter coronagraph CubeSat, and a relative navigational system (RNS) that controls the position of the spacecraft relative to the occulting sphere. The present invention innovatively deploys a free-flying spherical occulter, and after deployment, the actively controlled CubeSat will provide an inertial formation flying with the spherical occulter and Sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Joseph M. Davila, Douglas M. Rabin, Nelson Reginald, Qian Gong, Neerav Shah, Phillip C. Chamberlin
  • SPHERICAL OCCULTER CORONAGRAPH CUBESAT
    Publication number: 20180058922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a space-based instrument which provides continuous coronal electron temperature and velocity images, for a predetermined period of time, thereby improving the understanding of coronal evolution and how the solar wind and Coronal Mass Ejection transients evolve from the low solar atmosphere through the heliosphere for an entire solar rotation. Specifically, the present invention relates to using a 6U spherical occulter coronagraph CubeSat, and a relative navigational system (RNS) that controls the position of the spacecraft relative to the occulting sphere. The present invention innovatively deploys a free-flying spherical occulter, and after deployment, the actively controlled CubeSat will provide an inertial formation flying with the spherical occulter and Sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: JOSEPH M. DAVILA, DOUGLAS M. RABIN, NELSON REGINALD, QIAN GONG, NEERAV SHAH, PHILLIP C. CHAMBERLIN