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Inventor

James Garret Nicholson

Patents indexed

2

Year range

2021 – 2023

Associated with

Years active

2021 – 2023

Total patents

2

Most recent

2023

Frequent collaborator

Thomas Fred Meyer

Domains

aerospacemechanicaltelecommunications

Activity by decade

2020s
2

Patents

2

Career timeline

2 patents, 2021–2023

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US 11685554·2023·Northrop Grumman Systems Corp

How Spacecraft Servicing Pods Maneuver and Refuel Other Satellites

A specialized robotic pod designed to dock with aging satellites and use a flexible, multi-jointed boom arm to adjust their orbit or velocity.

US 11124318·2021·Northrop Grumman Systems Corp

How a Host Spacecraft Refuels Another Satellite Without Using Its Fuel Tank

A system where a host satellite carries and attaches small, non-propelled fuel modules to other satellites, feeding propellant directly into their engines to bypass damaged or empty onboard storage.

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