| PatNum | IssueDate | Assignee | AssigneeLoc | Patent Title | Abstract |
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| 12460313 | 11/4/2025 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Active edge control of a crystalline sheet formed on the surface of a melt | An optical sensor is configured to detect a difference in emissivity between the melt and a solid ribbon on the melt, which may be silicon. The optical sensor is positioned on a same side of a crucible as a cold initializer. A difference in emissivity between the melt and the ribbon on the melt is detected using an optical sensor. This difference in emissivity can be used to determine and control a width of the ribbon.... |
| 12461193 | 11/4/2025 | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO | Aichi, | Control device, control system, and program | There are provided a control device, a control system, and a program that can improve position estimation precision. A control device includes a control section configured to obtain a distance measurement value, and estimate a relative position of the position changeable type communication device with respect to a target space based on the distance measurement value, the distance measurement value being obtained when a position fixed type communication device and the position changeable type communication device perform wireless communication, and indicating a distance between the position fix... |
| 12462124 | 11/4/2025 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Range extension and priority handling for wearable, ubiquitous RFID tag | A method includes acquiring one or more samples using a sensor of an RFID tag. The method also includes storing the one or more samples in a memory of the RFID tag. The method also includes determining a priority level for each of the one or more samples in the memory. Each of the one or more samples is either a high priority sample with the high priority level or a low priority sample with the low priority level. The method also includes switching the RFID tag from a range standard mode to a range extension mode in response to determining that the one or more samples stored in the memory incl... |
| 12463333 | 11/4/2025 | Space Exploration Technologies | Starbase, TX | Radome assembly coupling with antenna assembly | In one example of the present disclosure, a radome body assembly for use with an antenna assembly is described. The radome body assembly may comprise a radome body portion having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface, and wherein the radome body portion defines a portion of a housing for an antenna assembly. The radome body assembly may further comprise a plurality of elongated members each coupled to the second surface of the radome body portion and each having a proximal end at or near the radome body portion and a distal end distal fr... |
| 12463345 | 11/4/2025 | KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM MINERALS | Dhahran, | Small dimension UHF antenna for cubic form satellite | A dual feed slot-based circularly polarized wideband ultra high frequency (UHF) antenna for a cubic shaped satellite (Cube-Sat) is described. The UHF antenna includes a circuit board, a metallic layer, a hexagonal meandered slot, a capacitor, a first feed horn, and a second feed horn. The circuit board has a front side and a back side separated by a dielectric material. The metallic layer covers the back side of the circuit board. The hexagonal meandered slot symmetrically includes six legs of equal length and six vertexes. The capacitor is switchably connected to the metallic layer. The first... |
| 12463714 | 11/4/2025 | EUTELSAT SA | Issy-les-Moulineaux, | Methods for the transmission of data between a resource constrained device and a non-geostationary satellite and associated method | A method for the transmission to at least one non-geostationary satellite of at least one piece of data stored by a ground-based device, the method being carried out by the non-geostationary satellite and including performing periodically at least one radio coverage measurement, computing a dynamic elevation emission criterion based on the last radio coverage measurement performed, emitting at least one signal periodically towards the Earth, the signal including at least the dynamic elevation emission criterion, if the position of the non-geostationary satellite relative to the position of the... |
| 12463717 | 11/4/2025 | QUALCOMM | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Systems and methods for supporting tracking areas for satellite wireless access | Techniques are described for supporting satellite wireless access for a user equipment (UE) using fixed tracking areas (TAs). TA identities (TAIs) are broadcast in a satellite radio cell by a base station indicating which TAs are covered by the radio cell. A UE can access a radio cell if at least one broadcast TAI is not forbidden for the UE. A base station provides the TAIs broadcast in a radio cell and a TAI for a TA in which a UE is located to a core network node to support access by the UE. The core network node uses the broadcast TAIs to decide whether UE access is allowed and uses the br... |
| 12464567 | 11/4/2025 | Lockheed Martin | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Random access for broadband 4G and 5G over satellite | Systems and methods for communication in 4G and 5G broadband satellite networks are provided. The disclosed methods include Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-independent methods, and GNSS assisted methods that do not require transmission of satellite ephemeris information from a base station to user equipment.... |
