|국가/구분||United States(US) Patent 등록|
|미국특허분류(USC)||701/013 ; 701/003 ; 701/004 ; 701/123 ; 701/226 ; 342/350 ; 342/355 ; 602/001 ; 600/201 ; 600/204 ; 244/003.21 ; 244/158R ; 244/164 ; 244/169 ; 244/172|
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|출원인 / 주소|
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An attitude control system and method operative with a thruster controls the attitude of a vehicle carrying the thruster, wherein the thruster has a valve enabling the formation of pulses of expelled gas from a source of compressed gas. Data of the attitude of the vehicle is gathered, wherein the vehicle is located within a force field tending to orient the vehicle in a first attitude different from a desired attitude. The attitude data is evaluated to determine a pattern of values of attitude of the vehicle in response to the gas pulses of the thruster ...
[What is claimed is:] [1.]means for gathering data of the attitude of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is located within a force field tending to orient the vehicle in a first attitude;means for driving the thruster to expel a succession of pulses of gas, wherein an individual one of the pulses of gas provides a force impulse which urges the vehicle toward a desired attitude different from the first attitude, the force field causing the vehicle to drift back towards the first attitude during an interval of time between successive ones of the gas pulses;m...