US Patent Issued to SKY Perfect JSAT, Riken on Aug. 4 for "Propulsion strengthening member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,805, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. (Tokyo) and Riken (Wako, Japan).

"Propulsion strengthening member" was invented by Tadanori Fukushima (Tokyo), Jun Yamada (Tokyo), Daisuke Hirata (Tokyo), Toshikazu Ebisuzaki (Wako, Japan) and Satoshi Wada (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion strengthening member attached to a surface of an object existing in outer space, the propulsion strengthening member includes: a transparent member that transmits an emitted laser; and an opaque member that is provided between the transparent member and the object and absorbs the laser such that at least a part ther...