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| 12589446 | 3/31/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Wire-feed friction stir additive manufacturing systems, devices, and methods | A friction stir additive manufacturing system is provided. In one aspect, the system includes a spindle configured to rotate about a central axis, and a housing configured to receive at least a portion of the spindle, the housing configured to remain stationary relative to the spindle. The housing includes a wire inlet extending between an exterior surface of the housing and an interior surface of the housing, and a track extending from the wire inlet and partially around a circumference of an interior surface of the housing. The system also includes a feeding system configured to receive a wi... |
| 12589892 | 3/31/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Microgravity in low earth orbit with continuous electric propulsion | Systems and methods for achieving pristine microgravity in low earth orbit (LEO) using electric propulsion. Long-duration, low thrust, electric thrusters provide a constant thrust force for a pristine microgravity environment within a given volume of a space vehicle experiencing drag forces in LEO. Large space vehicles in LEO configured to be pressurized for human habitation, for instance having a mass of at least 40,000 kg and an internal volume of at least 400 m{superscript}3{/superscript}, can use the electric propulsion systems and methods to achieve a quasi-steady acceleration less than o... |
| 12589894 | 3/31/2026 | United Launch Alliance | Centennial, CO | Highly adaptable platform | Systems and methods are disclosed for servicing objects such as a launch vehicle or an aircraft with an elevated platform that conforms to differently sized and shaped objects. The platform can have telescoping planks that extend to conform to the outer surface of the object. Glide pads with low friction surfaces, rollers, etc. can reduce the friction between a plank and a supporting surface and between adjacent planks such that planks can be manually moved into position. In addition, the plank holders can limit the planks to a linear movement, secure the planks to a supporting surface, and co... |
| 12590891 | 3/31/2026 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Real-time, reference-free background oriented schlieren imaging system | A real-time reference free background oriented schlieren system is provided. One embodiment includes a display device capable of generating an image pattern projected onto a retroreflective background. A beam splitter is used to transmit a portion of the projected image pattern towards a reference image sensor and another portion of the image pattern towards the retroreflective background and past a density object. The retroreflective background reflects the projected pattern back through the beam splitter and onto a signal imaging sensor. Collected data from the reference image sensor and the... |
| 12591220 | 3/31/2026 | Relativity Space | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | Systems and methods for using wire printing process data to predict material properties and part quality | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using printing process data to predict quality measures for three-dimensional (3D) printed objects and properties of the materials comprising the 3D objects. Printing may be performed using resistive or Joule printing. The system may include a computer communicatively coupled to a 3D printing apparatus, which may store printing parameters. The 3D printing apparatus may be able to take measurements during a print job, and record those measurements in memory. The 3D printing apparatus may also be able to record printing states before, during, and/or a... |
| 12592727 | 3/31/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Oversampled multiple-correlator symbol synchronization | Methods, systems, and devices for a wakeup receiver operation is described. A receiver may include a conversion circuit that converts an RF signal to a baseband signal, where the baseband signal comprise a set of symbols received at a symbol rate. The receiver may include an analog-to-digital converter that converts the baseband signal to samples at a sample rate greater than the symbol rate. The receiver may include a set of correlators, each correlator of the set may receive a respective subset of the samples of the baseband signal and generate a respective output. The receiver may include a... |
| 12593090 | 3/31/2026 | VIASAT | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Geofencing for media content presented on a transport craft | A method of controlling media content provided to an on-board media system in a transport craft is provided The method includes receiving data representing a location of the transport craft from a location system of the transport craft, providing, by an on-board content management system including a geofence monitor, the media content, the providing including. The operation of providing includes determining the media content the on-board media system provides based on a determination of whether the transport craft satisfies a geofence condition, the satisfaction of the geofence condition based... |
