ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,336, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Machine and process for rotating a vehicle" was invented by Mark R. Morel (Edmonds, Wash.), Neil Zimmer (Orondo, Wash.) and Tristan Flanzer (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine and process for control of rotation of a vehicle about an axis of the vehicle is shown. A flight control system includes control laws that control the rotation of the vehicle around the axis of the vehicle. An estimate is derived for an inertia about the axis. The estimated inertia is derived from sensed quantities of material in a component of the vehicle. An inertia gain s...