ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,665, issued on May 20, was assigned to Maxar Space LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Spacecraft thruster voltage measurement unit" was invented by Theodore Marcopulos (Loomis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage measurement apparatus for a spacecraft thruster includes a thruster interface having a platform and at least one spacer element configured to attach the platform to the thruster. At least one probe is mounted to the thruster interface with the probe configured to engage an anode assembly of the thruster when the thruster interface is attached to the thruster. The apparatus also includes voltage metering circuitry coupled ...