US Patent Issued to JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY on May 20 for "Failure diagnostic system for spacecraft liquid propulsion system and failure diagnostic method for spacecraft liquid propulsion system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,594, issued on May 20, was assigned to JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (Tokyo).

"Failure diagnostic system for spacecraft liquid propulsion system and failure diagnostic method for spacecraft liquid propulsion system" was invented by Kaname Kawatsu (Tokyo), Ai Noumi (Tokyo), Naoki Ishihama (Tokyo) and Taiichi Nagata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A failure diagnostic system for a spacecraft liquid propulsion system having a plurality of thrusters and a supply pipe connected to the thrusters, is used to diagnose a failure in the spacecraft. The system includes a pressure sensor that detects an inner pressure of the supply pi...