B64G 1/283
Using reaction wheels
Official title: {using reaction wheels}
B64G1/283 (Using reaction wheels) appears on 343 US grants and 234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 343
- Published applications
- 234
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 559
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 0 |
| 2002 | 14 | 8 |
| 2003 | 12 | 6 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 7 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 8 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9 |
| 2016 | 5 | 19 |
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| 2018 | 16 | 13 |
| 2019 | 16 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 18 | 15 |
| 2022 | 11 | 13 |
| 2023 | 15 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, apparatus, and methods for momentum management for a spacecraft25 Aug 2026US 12,715,618 B2The Boeing Company
- System for tracking solar energy11 Aug 2026US 12,706,560 B2AST & Science, LLC
- Outer space-based vehicle with a payload steering arrangement9 Jun 2026US 12,649,590 B1Eagle Technology, LLC
- Magnetic levitation of permanent magnet for three-axis attitude control5 May 2026US 12,620,915 B2SRI International
- Independently moving space vehicles configured to deploy and position a space structure28 Apr 2026US 12,612,189 B2The Aerospace Corporation
- Momentum wheels and reaction wheels for objects in space8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307825 A1AST & Science, LLC
- Electromagnetic reaction wheel13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238101 A1National Tsing Hua University
- Device for generating a variable angular momentum, particularly for the attitude control of spacecraft9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097863 A1Universität Stuttgart
- Satellite with spot light mode for extended duration target imaging11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376272 A1Iceye Oy
- Magnetic reaction wheel operating method and magnetic reaction wheel27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361035 A1National Tsing Hua University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetic torquing system for changing the spin rate of an orbiting satellite122US 4,114,841 ARCA Corporation · 1978
- Energy storage attitude control and reference system77US 4,723,735 AThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 1988
- Momentum biased active three-axis satellite attitude control system73US 4,071,211 ARCA Corporation · 1978
- Three axis attitude control system65US 4,732,353 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1988
- Inertia wheel63US 4,211,452 ASociete Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale · 1980