Release apparatus

US12304662B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EXOLAUNCH GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dmitriy Bogdanov · Berlin, DE
• Peter Schwarz · Tuttlingen, DE
• Peter Wimmer
• Johannes Gruber · Salzburg, AT
• Sergey Polyak · Berlin, DE
• Denis Bederov · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2022
• Grant date: May 20, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64G1/6457
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A release apparatus for releasing a satellite comprises a release plunger that can be preloaded by a release spring and that is held in a preloaded position by two two-armed pivot levers pivotable about a respective pivot axis, wherein each pivot lever can be held against a force of a spring in a holding position by a release element.