Adjustable multipoint docking system
US6840481B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/6462
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An adjustable multipoint docking system includes a plurality of adjustable grasping jaws that are aligned on a mounting surface and adapted to grab onto a wide variety of extending rings, such as conventional spacecraft adapter rings, of an on-orbit target spacecraft for various missions including spacecraft rescue, spacecraft transorbiting to a desired orbit, spacecraft transorbiting to a waste orbit, or spacecraft deorbiting.
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