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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Maxar Space Llc, Westminster, CO (US);
Inventors:
Harry A. Yates, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ryan Bieniek, Reno, NV (US);
Alan J. Szeto, San Jose, CA (US);
Kate Psyk, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jonathan Briend, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxar Space LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/44 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/443 (2013.01); B64G 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example of an apparatus includes a spacecraft body and a solar array that is attached to the spacecraft body. In addition, a solar array spring element is configured to provide a force between the solar array and one or more components of a neighboring spacecraft in a stack of spacecraft.