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| 12343930 | 7/1/2025 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Solid-state additive manufacturing system and method | Additive manufacturing systems and methods are disclosed. A housing includes a passageway and an inverted trough that is in fluid communication with the passageway and that is open along two faces of the housing. A pin is at least partially disposed in the housing with its circumferential face being adjacent to the passageway such that a volumetric region lies between the inverted trough and the circumferential face of the pin. The pin is operable to be rotated such that material fed through the passageway is plasticized in the volumetric region. With the first face of the housing adjacent to ... |
| 12344405 | 7/1/2025 | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC | Tokyo, | Satellite constellation forming system, satellite constellation forming method, ground facility, and business device | A satellite constellation forming system ({b}600{/b}) forms a satellite constellation which is composed of a satellite group that cooperatively provides a communication service, and has a plurality of orbital planes in each of which a plurality of satellites fly at the same orbital altitude. Each satellite of the satellite group includes inter-satellite communication means and satellite-ground communication means. A satellite constellation forming unit ({b}11{/b}) forms the satellite constellation which has ten or more orbital planes with different normal directions, and in which at least one ... |
| 12345830 | 7/1/2025 | SIGNIFY HOLDING | Eindhoven, | Asset-tracking system | The invention provides an asset-tracking system ({b}100{/b}) for tracking a target tag ({b}10{/b}) in a space ({b}500{/b}), wherein the target tag ({b}10{/b}) is configured to emit a target beacon signal, wherein the asset-tracking system ({b}100{/b}) comprises a plurality of listener nodes ({b}110{/b}) arranged in the space ({b}500{/b}) and configured to detect the target beacon signal, wherein the asset-tracking system ({b}100{/b}) comprises a control system ({b}300{/b}), wherein the control system ({b}300{/b}) has access to (i) listener location data and to (ii) map data, wherein in an oper... |
| 12347918 | 7/1/2025 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Antenna positioner with eccentric tilt position mechanism | Methods, systems, and devices are described for antenna positioning with an eccentric tilt pointing mechanism. For example, a system in accordance with the present disclosure may include a base structure and an intermediate structure that is rotatably coupled with the base structure about a first axis (e.g., a tilt axis). The system may also include a positioning system that is coupled with the intermediate structure and configured to orient an antenna boresight about at least two angular degrees of freedom with respect to the intermediate structure (e.g., in an elevation-over-azimuth configur... |
| 12347937 | 7/1/2025 | EAGLE TECHNOLOGY | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | Spaceborne antenna with rolling flex hinges and associated methods | A spaceborne antenna for a satellite may include antenna sections for the satellite, and at least one rolling flex hinge rotatably coupling first and second antenna sections together and permitting rotation between a stored position and a deployed position. The first and second antenna sections may be stacked in the stored position and extended in end-to-end relation in the deployed position. The at least one rolling flex hinge may include a first hinge body coupled to an end of the first antenna section, a second hinge body coupled to an end of the second antenna section, and a flexible strap... |
| 12348276 | 7/1/2025 | Space Exploration Technologies | Hawthorne, CA | Antenna apparatus and in-line calibration system for same | A method of calibration a transmit (Tx) phased array antenna is provided. The method includes transmitting a first RF signal to a first signal chain associated with a first antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the first RF signal is generated in the at least one transmit (Tx) section; transmitting a second RF signal to a second signal chain associated with a second antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements. The method includes determining one or more characteristics associated with propagation of RF signals along a portion of a calibration line disposed betw... |
| 12348292 | 7/1/2025 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Averaged beamforming for satellite communication | A beamforming system for an antenna for satellite communications, where the antenna includes an array of radiating elements, the system including: a processor programmed to implement a set of averaging functions, the processor programmed to receive channel vectors representing responses from a center and other locations in each of a number of cells to be served, the averaging functions to produce an average channel vector for each cell based on an average of the channel vectors received from a corresponding cell; the processor further programmed to calculate a beam weight vector for each cell ... |
| 12348833 | 7/1/2025 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Secure satellite-based content preloading | A content protection system for satellite-based content delivery is provided, including a satellite content receiver. The satellite content receiver may include one or more processors and a non-transitory processor readable medium, and be in communication with a satellite antenna. The satellite content receiver may receive a first portion of streaming media content, transmitted by a content security host system using multicast communication. The first portion of the streaming media content may be stored, and later accessed in response to a user command. A second portion of the streaming media ... |
