Invention Grant
US07823837B2 Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with adaptors, tools, and attachment mechanisms
有权
两部分航天器维修车辆系统与适配器,工具和附件机构
- Patent Title: Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with adaptors, tools, and attachment mechanisms
- Patent Title (中): 两部分航天器维修车辆系统与适配器,工具和附件机构
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Application No.: US11394743Application Date: 2006-03-31
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Publication No.: US07823837B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: John W. Behrens , Thomas L. Kessler , Leora Peltz , Jeffrey J. Cronick , Glenn N. Caplin , Frank O. Chandler , Robert V. Frampton , Daniel E. Rivera
- Applicant: John W. Behrens , Thomas L. Kessler , Leora Peltz , Jeffrey J. Cronick , Glenn N. Caplin , Frank O. Chandler , Robert V. Frampton , Daniel E. Rivera
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C.
- Main IPC: B64G1/64
- IPC: B64G1/64

Abstract:
An in-space spacecraft servicing system (10) includes a servicing spacecraft (22) and a propellant module (24). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (136), as well as navigation avionics (108) for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (170). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft (16) for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank (172) with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor (70) for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070228220A1 Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with adaptors, tools, and attachment mechanisms Public/Granted day:2007-10-04
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