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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:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1991
Neil E Goodzeit, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Michael A Paluszek, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Walter J Cohen, Hightstown, NJ (US);
General Electric Company, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Abstract
A spacecraft attitude control system uses one or more momentum or reaction wheels. Wheel bearing viscous (velocity-dependent) friction reduces the actual torque imparted to the spacecraft in response to a torque command signal. Friction compensation is provided by applying the torque command signal to a model of an ideal, friction-free wheel, and calculating the speed which the ideal wheel achieves in response to the torque command. An error signal is generated from the difference between the ideal wheel speed and the actual wheel speed. The error signal is summed with the torque command signal to produce the wheel drive signal. This results in a closed-loop feedback system in which the actual wheel speed tends toward the ideal wheel speed, thereby causing a torque on the spacecraft which is substantially equal to that commanded.
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