Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Kam Chan

9Patents
6h-index
12Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 3, 1995 → Dec 15, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6053455A Spacecraft attitude control system using low thrust thrusters Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US6000661A Autonomous spacecraft payload base motion estimation and correction Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5957411A Method using double thruster firings to deadbeat flexible solar array structural oscillations Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US9108749B2 Spacecraft momentum management Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US6068217A Method to reorient a spacecraft using only initial single axis attitude knowledge Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US5787368A Spacecraft yaw control using only wheel speed measurements processed through a simple filter bank Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US5996942A Autonomous solar torque management Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US6142422A Method to reorient a spacecraft using only initial single axis attitude knowledge Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US7874519B2 Spacecraft three-axis attitude acquisition from sun direction measurement Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.