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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. 25, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ramon Coronel, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307-91 ; 244173 ; 307 18 ;
Abstract
A spacecraft avionics module having a selected degree of electrical power independence from a core spacecraft structure to which the module is attached. The module of the invention includes at least a power regulator and converter function. Other embodiments of the invention also include an energy storage device and a power generator on the module itself, for complete decentralization of electrical power management for the spacecraft.