Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Cenker

Robert Joseph Cenker 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).

  • Orientation system for a spin stabilized spacecraft
    Patent number: 3977633
    Abstract: A pair of reaction motors or thrusters connected to spin-stabilized spacecraft are used to reorient spacecraft attitude without affecting spacecraft velocity. The spacecraft reaction motors are arranged to produce a couple in response to an attitude reference signal without applying a spacecraft velocity changing force to the spin-stabilized spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: John Edward Keigler, Ludwig Muhlfelder, Robert Joseph Cenker