Eric I Stromswold
Engineers at Bald Hl Rd, West Danby, NY

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Colorado 32202
Issued Date
Jul 17, 1997
Renew Date
Aug 1, 2005
Expiration Date
Jul 31, 2007
Type
Professional Engineer
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Address
47 Bald Hill Rd, West Danby, NY 14883
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Control Moment Gyroscope Array And Method Of Power Distribution Therefor

US Patent:
2010004, Feb 25, 2010
Filed:
Apr 18, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/787967
Inventors:
William E. Bialke - Trumansburg NY, US
Eric Stromswold - Spencer NY, US
Assignee:
Ithaco Space Systems, Inc. - Ithaca NY
International Classification:
B64G 1/28, B64G 1/24, G01C 19/04, G01C 19/30
US Classification:
244165, 74 522, 74 54
Abstract:
An attitude control system for a spacecraft is disclosed that includes a scissored pair of control moment gyroscopes for delivering an output torque to the spacecraft along a an output axis, wherein each gyroscope has a spin motor for spinning a rotor about a rotor axis and a gimbal torque motor for rotating the rotor about a gimbal axis, and wherein the system includes a generator for extracting kinetic energy from the rotors during rotor deceleration to power the gimbal torque motors of the gyroscopes.