John W. Smay
11Patents
9h-index
10Co-inventors
65Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 13, 1981 → Jan 5, 2000
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5692707A | Universal spacecraft attitude steering control system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US5080307A | Spacecraft earth-pointing attitude acquisition method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US5611505A | Spacecraft energy storage, attitude steering and momentum management system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US4837699A | Method for controlling the spin axis attitude of a spinning spacecraft | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US6113033A | Combined flywheel energy storage and attitude control apparatus for spacecraft | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US4437047A | System for autonomous earth-pointing acquisition of a dual-spin satellite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US5681012A | Spacecraft control with skewed control moment gyros | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US6311931A | Bi-directional momentum bias spacecraft attitude control | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US6347262B1 | Minimum fuel attitude and nutation controller for spinning spacecraft | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US4824052A | Nutation sensor and nutation control system for a dual-spin stabilized satellite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US5308025A | Spacecraft spin axis capture system and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.