Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Docking device
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Application No.: US16482627Application Date: 2018-02-23
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Publication No.: US11845575B2Publication Date: 2023-12-19
- Inventor: Michio Isayama
- Applicant: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP
- Priority: JP 17071259 2017.03.31
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/006765 2018.02.23
- International Announcement: WO2018/180086A 2018.10.04
- Date entered country: 2019-07-31
- Main IPC: B64G1/64
- IPC: B64G1/64 ; H03K17/687

Abstract:
A docking device including: a base ring disposed in a first space vehicle; a first-side capturing ring for coming into contact with the second space vehicle; six links that constitute a parallel link mechanism for coupling the base ring to the first-side capturing ring; and linear actuators, each of which extends and contracts the link by using a motor as a driving source, wherein resistance generation mechanisms, each of which generates a regenerative current in the motor of the linear actuator to produce resistance force when the second space vehicle comes into contact with the first-side capturing ring and the link receives a compressive load, are provided. Correction of misalignment with the second space vehicle, and attenuation of inertia force that the second space vehicle has can be performed without requiring complicated electrical control, and simplification and cost reduction of an electrical system can be implemented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200024011A1 DOCKING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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