Patents by Inventor Rainier Pio Roda

Rainier Pio Roda 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).

  • Autonomous control of electric power supplied to a thruster during electric orbit raising
    Patent number: 11401053
    Abstract: A method for autonomously controlling electric power supplied to a thruster of a spacecraft during electric orbit raising includes determining a state of charge of a battery onboard the spacecraft at an entry into an eclipse during each orbit of a plurality of orbits during the electric orbit raising of the spacecraft. The method also includes determining an electric power level used to fire each thruster of a plurality of thrusters during each orbit beginning after the eclipse, based at least on the state of charge of the battery, and that will provide a shortest electric orbit raising duration and minimize thruster propellant usage during electric orbit raising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sadek W. Mansour, Jeffrey Scott Noel, Rainier Pio Roda
  • Autonomous control of electric power supplied to a thruster during electric orbit raising
    Patent number: 11286060
    Abstract: A method for autonomously controlling electric power supplied to a thruster of a spacecraft during electric orbit raising includes determining a state of charge of a battery onboard the spacecraft at an entry into an eclipse during each orbit of a plurality of orbits during the electric orbit raising of the spacecraft. The method also includes determining an electric power level used to fire each thruster of a plurality of thrusters during each orbit beginning after the eclipse, based at least on the state of charge of the battery, and that will provide a shortest electric orbit raising duration and minimize thruster propellant usage during electric orbit raising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sadek W. Mansour, Jeffrey Scott Noel, Rainier Pio Roda
  • AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIED TO A THRUSTER DURING ELECTRIC ORBIT RAISING
    Publication number: 20200198807
    Abstract: A method for autonomously controlling electric power supplied to a thruster of a spacecraft during electric orbit raising includes determining a state of charge of a battery onboard the spacecraft at an entry into an eclipse during each orbit of a plurality of orbits during the electric orbit raising of the spacecraft. The method also includes determining an electric power level used to fire each thruster of a plurality of thrusters during each orbit beginning after the eclipse, based at least on the state of charge of the battery, and that will provide a shortest electric orbit raising duration and minimize thruster propellant usage during electric orbit raising.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Sadek W. Mansour, Jeffrey Scott Noel, Rainier Pio Roda