Deployable decelerator
US9809232B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S505/908
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A transport vehicle for traveling in a low-pressure environment structure is provided. The transport vehicle may include a deployable decelerator configured to deploy from the transport vehicle to decrease a distance between the transport vehicle and the low-pressure environment structure and a communication network that monitors and collects a plurality of operation parameters from the transport vehicle and the low-pressure environment structure to control deployment of the deployable decelerator based on a plurality of predetermined triggering events.
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