# Alessandro Chiolerio — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Alessandro Chiolerio has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [A Solid-State Oxygen Thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10800552/starlink-satellite-constellation) — granted 2020
  A compact space thruster that generates thrust by electrically pulling oxygen ions out of a solid material using memristor-like switching behavior.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/alessandro-chiolerio

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