公开(公告)号：EP3137379A4

公开(公告)日：2017-12-27

申请号：EP15785813

申请日：2015-05-04

申请人： MACDONALD DETTWILER AND ASS INC

发明人： REMBALA RICHARD ,  TURNER ANDREW ,  CHARBONNEAU JUSTIN

IPC分类号： B64G1/64 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B64G1/10 ,  B64G4/00

CPC分类号： B64G4/00 ,  B64G1/1078 ,  B64G1/222 ,  B64G1/646 ,  B64G2004/005

摘要： The present invention provides a capture mechanism for capturing and locking onto the Marman flange located on the exterior surfaces of spacecraft/satellites. The capture mechanism achieves its goal of quickly capturing a client spacecraft by splitting the two basic actions involved into two separate mechanisms. One mechanism performs the quick grasp of the target while the other mechanism rigidises that grasp to ensure that the target is held as firmly as desired.