US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on March 31 for "Microgravity in low earth orbit with continuous electric propulsion" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,892, issued on March 31, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Microgravity in low earth orbit with continuous electric propulsion" was invented by David Degenhardt (Seattle), Kyle Patrick Doyle (Bellevue, Wash.), David Aaron Kornuta (Federal Way, Wash.) and Zachary Reid Tolley (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 for...