US Patent Issued to Hitachi on May 19 for "Three-dimensional structure spacecraft and method for controlling three-dimensional structure spacecraft" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,309, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Three-dimensional structure spacecraft and method for controlling three-dimensional structure spacecraft" was invented by Makoto Ito (Tokyo), Yosuke Tanabe (Tokyo), Tsukasa Funane (Tokyo), Hisatoshi Kimura (Tokyo) and Koichi Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional structure spacecraft having a tensegrity structure appropriately controls a vibration even when the three-dimensional structure spacecraft is subjected to air resistance, solar wind disturbance, or the like, lands a satellite or a planet, and performs work or the like. The three-dimensio...