# Nathaniel C. Barnes — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Nathaniel C. Barnes has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Solar Sails Use Moving Vanes to Steer in Space](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11905044/starlink-rv-roaming) — granted 2024
  A solar sail design that uses multiple independently moving reflective vanes made of shape-memory materials to steer spacecraft using only the pressure of sunlight.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/nathaniel-c-barnes

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