Patents by Inventor Xiaotong BU

Xiaotong BU 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).

  • Harmless low-consumption on-orbit continuous launch system
    Patent number: 11565832
    Abstract: A harmless low-consumption on-orbit continuous launch system includes a satellite platform, a launch apparatus and a plurality of CubeSats. The satellite platform carries the launch apparatus and dozens or hundreds of CubeSats, and is launched from a ground into an orbit for on-orbit operation. The launch apparatus is configured to store the plurality of CubeSats and provide power for on-orbit launching of each of the CubeSats. A solid working medium in the launch apparatus is activated by heating to undergo a phase change, and the activated solid working medium expands instantly and is converted into a high-pressure gaseous working medium. The high-pressure gaseous working medium does work to eject the CubeSats, such that the CubeSats obtain a speed increment. The CubeSats enter a transfer orbit towards different target spacecraft through the speed increment applied by the launch apparatus to perform a plurality of different on-orbit serving missions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yueneng Yang, Wenjun Hu, Chaoyan Zhang, Shifeng Zhang, Xin Xu, Shurui Huang, Xiaotong Bu, Zhiyang Liu
  • HARMLESS LOW-CONSUMPTION ON-ORBIT CONTINUOUS LAUNCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220380066
    Abstract: A harmless low-consumption on-orbit continuous launch system includes a satellite platform, a launch apparatus and a plurality of CubeSats. The satellite platform carries the launch apparatus and dozens or hundreds of CubeSats, and is launched from a ground into an orbit for on-orbit operation. The launch apparatus is configured to store the plurality of CubeSats and provide power for on-orbit launching of each of the CubeSats. A solid working medium in the launch apparatus is activated by heating to undergo a phase change, and the activated solid working medium expands instantly and is converted into a high-pressure gaseous working medium. The high-pressure gaseous working medium does work to eject the CubeSats, such that the CubeSats obtain a speed increment. The CubeSats enter a transfer orbit towards different target spacecraft through the speed increment applied by the launch apparatus to perform a plurality of different on-orbit serving missions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yueneng YANG, Wenjun HU, Chaoyan ZHANG, Shifeng ZHANG, Xin XU, Shurui HUANG, Xiaotong BU, Zhiyang LIU