The Aerospace Corporation

Donald Wayne Denham

Christian Zempel

Benjamen P Bycroft

John Patrick McHale

Timothy P Woodard

A payload-bus kinematic interface system includes one or more kinematic devices. Each kinematic device includes a first contacting surface and a second contacting surface. The first contacting surface kinematically interfaces with the second contacting surface, passing loads or forces to the second contacting surface.

Integrated electro-magnetically preloaded kinematic joint for on-orbit assembly of modular space vehicles

Zoned anti-glint filtering includes identifying one or more pixels impacted or predicted to be impacted by glint in a captured image, and adjusting the one or more pixels to capture an image with those zones dimmed to mitigate impacts from glint. Knowledge of the applied anti-glint filter may be used in post-processing to reconstruct an image without adverse impacts from glint or the anti-glint filtering process.

Zoned anti-glint filter for cameras in high consequence environments

An autonomous compliance controlled generic mooring station includes a pair of mooring systems connected to each other. The pair of mooring systems includes a pair of mooring interfaces, allowing the pair of mooring systems to change between a mooring state and a release state. One of the pair of mooring interfaces includes an electropermanent magnet and the other one of the pair of mooring interfaces includes a ferromagnetic plate. The electropermanent magnet and the ferromagnetic plate are configured to connect the pair of mooring systems together.

Autonomous compliance controlled generic mooring station for an on-orbit system

A lattice system for structures includes a lattice joint housing and a plurality of structural joints. Each of the plurality of structural joints have a side entry slot for insertion of keyed features on a mating lattice member. Each of the plurality of structural joints are configured to facilitate rotation of the mating lattice member, semi-permanently holding the mating lattice member in place with an electro-permanent magnetic (EPM) retaining device.

Lattice for structures

An electromagnetic mooring system (MMS) that includes a first object and a second object, at least one of which includes an electronic coupler configured to connect the first object with the second object. The electronic coupler comprises a pair of magnets, at least one of which is an electro permanent magnet (EPM), having a flux path. When the electronic coupler is in the ON states, the flux path moves towards the first or second object transferring heat from the first or second object to the second or first object, and when the electronic coupler is in the OFF state, the flux paths moves towards the EPM.

Thermo-mechanical magnetic coupler

An electro-permanent magnet (EPM) for an electromagnetic mooring system (EMS) includes a low coercivity magnet surrounded by a reversible coil, and one or more high coercivity magnets surrounding the low coercivity magnet and the reversible coil. The reversible coil switches polarity of the low coercivity magnet to null the stronger, one or more high coercivity magnets. The nulling of the stronger, one or more high coercivity magnets allows for the EMS to connect and disconnect to an adjacent apparatus.

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Donald Wayne Denham