Patents by Inventor Roy STERRIT

Roy STERRIT 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).

  • Power provision based on self-sacrificing craft
    Patent number: 9171266
    Abstract: A biologically-inspired system and method is provided for self-adapting behavior of swarm-based exploration missions, whereby individual components, for example, spacecraft, in the system can sacrifice themselves for the greater good of the entire system. The self-sacrifice can involve donating resources or assets, such as power provisions, to a different component of an autonomous system. A receiving component of the system can benefit from receiving the donated resource or power provision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Michael G. Hinchey, Emil I. Vassev, Bridget Hinchey, Roy Sterrit
  • POWER PROVISION BASED ON SELF-SACRIFICING CRAFT
    Publication number: 20130132317
    Abstract: A biologically-inspired system and method is provided for self-adapting behavior of swarm-based exploration missions, whereby individual components, for example, spacecraft, in the system can sacrifice themselves for the greater good of the entire system. The self-sacrifice can involve donating resources or assets, such as power provisions, to a different component of an autonomous system. A receiving component of the system can benefit from receiving the donated resource or power provision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Michael G. HINCHEY, Emil I. VASSEV, Bridget HINCHEY, Roy STERRIT