Payload interposer (PIP) system and control software

US10766640B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Triad National Security, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael Proicou · Los Alamos, US
• Adam Warniment · Los Alamos, US
• Paul Stein · Los Alamos, US
• Nicholas Dallmann · Los Alamos, US
• Daniel Seitz · Altstätten, CH
• Logan Ott · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64G1/36
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A payload interposer (PIP) system and its control software provide an interface between a space vehicle and a payload. The PIP board facilitates power and communications between a command and data handler (CDH) of the space vehicle and the payload. A microcontroller of the PIP board may control operation of the payload, format messages between the space vehicle and the payload, and extract data from the payload for downlink via the space vehicle.