US 11,724,827 B2
Rotational technologies for space infrastructure
Deepak Sathyanarayan, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Valor Robotics, LLC, Daytona Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Valor Robotics, LLC, Daytona Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,464.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,946, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002084 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/1078 (2013.01) [B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/646 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spacecraft refueling and storage system comprising: a first tank and a second tank for storing propellant;
a rotatable shaft to which the first and second tanks are mounted for rotating the first and second tanks about an axis of the shaft;
a drive motor for rotating the shaft so that upon rotation of the first and second tanks, liquid propellant is separated from gas in the propellant and settled to an outer portion of the first and second tanks;
a first flow path formed in the shaft;
a second and third flow path for transferring the settled liquid in the first tank and the second tank, respectively, to the first flow path; and
a fourth flow path for transferring fluid from the first flow path to the spacecraft.