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公开(公告)号:US06523784B2
公开(公告)日:2003-02-25
申请号:US09957802
申请日:2001-09-21
IPC分类号: B64G164
CPC分类号: B64G1/1078 , B64G1/641 , B64G1/646 , B64G4/00
摘要: A recovery craft with a coupling arrangement captures, engages, and transports a defective or expended non-maneuverable spacecraft. The coupling arrangement includes a coupling mast (e.g. a telescoping pipe), a releasable rigid mount that secures one end of the coupling mast to the recovery craft, and spreader arms that are radially spreadable from the other end of the coupling mast. The spreader arms are initially radially inwardly retracted, and are inserted into an interface ring of the spacecraft. Then the spreader arms are radially outwardly extended to engage behind a protruding rim of the interface ring. A spring braces against the spacecraft. Next, the rigid mount is released and the coupling mast remains connected to the recovery craft only by a tension-transmitting cable. Thrusters of the recovery craft are activated to tow the spacecraft to a new target position, orbit, or trajectory.
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公开(公告)号:US07207525B2
公开(公告)日:2007-04-24
申请号:US10943788
申请日:2004-09-17
IPC分类号: B64G1/22
CPC分类号: B25J18/025 , B25J15/10 , B64G1/1078 , B64G1/646 , B64G1/648 , B64G4/00
摘要: A remotely controlled apparatus for grasping an object such as a satellite in space includes a free-flying grasper unit connected by a selectively extendable cable to an orbital platform. The orbital platform and the grasper unit are preferably each independently propelled by respective propulsion systems including multi-axis maneuvering nozzles respectively provided on the orbital platform and on the grasper unit. The grasper unit preferably includes a grasper unit body and a grasper-arm mechanism having a controllable grasping claw articulately mounted on the end of a controllable telescoping arm that extends from the grasper unit body. The grasper unit preferably further includes a camera and a distance measuring sensor to provide visual and distance feedback data for assisting the remotely controlled maneuvering of the grasper unit and actuation of the grasper-arm mechanism.
摘要翻译: 用于抓住诸如卫星在空间中的物体的遥控设备包括通过可选择地可延伸的电缆连接到轨道平台的自由飞行的抓取器单元。 轨道平台和抓取器单元优选地各自独立地由相应的推进系统驱动,所述推进系统包括分别设置在轨道平台上和抓紧单元上的多轴机动喷嘴。 抓持器单元优选地包括抓持器单元主体和抓握臂机构,其具有铰接地安装在从抓取器单元主体延伸的可控伸缩臂的端部上的可控制抓爪。 抓取单元优选地还包括相机和距离测量传感器,以提供视觉和距离反馈数据,用于辅助遥控操纵的抓取器单元的操纵和抓握臂机构的致动。
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公开(公告)号:US20050103939A1
公开(公告)日:2005-05-19
申请号:US10943769
申请日:2004-09-17
CPC分类号: B64G4/00 , B64G1/1078 , B64G1/222 , B64G1/646
摘要: Capture devices are mounted on a space platform such as a spacecraft or utility satellite. Each capture device includes a folded capture net stored in a housing, guide weights connected to the net and received in spring-loaded ejection tubes oriented at an acute angle relative to the axis of the housing around the perimeter thereof, and a spring-loaded releasable cover that is connected to the net, covers the net in the housing, and holds the weights in the ejection tubes. When the cover is released, it is spring-ejected from the housing while pulling out and unfolding the net, and the weights are spring-ejected out of the ejection tubes while spreading out the net. After the net wraps around a free-flying target object in space, net closure mechanisms reel-in a net pursing line to close the net, which is connected to the space platform by a tether line on a winch.
摘要翻译: 捕获设备安装在诸如航天器或公用卫星的空间平台上。 每个捕获装置包括存储在壳体中的折叠捕获网,引导重物连接到网并被接收在弹簧加载的弹射管中,弹簧加载的弹射管相对于壳体的围绕其周边的轴线以锐角定向,并且弹簧加载的可释放 连接到网的盖子,覆盖壳体中的网,并将重物保持在喷射管中。 当盖子被释放时,在拉出并展开网状物的同时从壳体弹出弹簧,并将重物弹出喷出管,同时展开网。 在网络绕过空间中的自由飞行的目标物体之后,净关闭机构卷起一条网线,以关闭网,该网通过绞盘上的系绳连接到空间平台。
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公开(公告)号:US20050103940A1
公开(公告)日:2005-05-19
申请号:US10943788
申请日:2004-09-17
CPC分类号: B25J18/025 , B25J15/10 , B64G1/1078 , B64G1/646 , B64G1/648 , B64G4/00
摘要: A remotely controlled apparatus for grasping an object such as a satellite in space includes a free-flying grasper unit connected by a selectively extendable cable to an orbital platform. The orbital platform and the grasper unit are preferably each independently propelled by respective propulsion systems including multi-axis maneuvering nozzles respectively provided on the orbital platform and on the grasper unit. The grasper unit preferably includes a grasper unit body and a grasper-arm mechanism having a controllable grasping claw articulately mounted on the end of a controllable telescoping arm that extends from the grasper unit body. The grasper unit preferably further includes a camera and a distance measuring sensor to provide visual and distance feedback data for assisting the remotely controlled maneuvering of the grasper unit and actuation of the grasper-arm mechanism.
摘要翻译: 用于抓住诸如卫星在空间中的物体的遥控设备包括通过可选择地可延伸的电缆连接到轨道平台的自由飞行的抓取器单元。 轨道平台和抓取器单元优选地各自独立地由相应的推进系统驱动,所述推进系统包括分别设置在轨道平台上和抓紧单元上的多轴机动喷嘴。 抓持器单元优选地包括抓持器单元主体和抓握臂机构,其具有铰接地安装在从抓取器单元主体延伸的可控伸缩臂的端部上的可控制抓爪。 抓取单元优选地还包括相机和距离测量传感器,以提供视觉和距离反馈数据,用于辅助遥控操纵的抓取器单元的操纵和抓握臂机构的致动。
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公开(公告)号:US07168660B2
公开(公告)日:2007-01-30
申请号:US10943769
申请日:2004-09-17
CPC分类号: B64G4/00 , B64G1/1078 , B64G1/222 , B64G1/646
摘要: Capture devices are mounted on a space platform such as a spacecraft or utility satellite. Each capture device includes a folded capture net stored in a housing, guide weights connected to the net and received in spring-loaded ejection tubes oriented at an acute angle relative to the axis of the housing around the perimeter thereof, and a spring-loaded releasable cover that is connected to the net, covers the net in the housing, and holds the weights in the ejection tubes. When the cover is released, it is spring-ejected from the housing while pulling out and unfolding the net, and the weights are spring-ejected out of the ejection tubes while spreading out the net. After the net wraps around a free-flying target object in space, net closure mechanisms reel-in a net pursing line to close the net, which is connected to the space platform by a tether line on a winch.
摘要翻译: 捕获设备安装在诸如航天器或公用卫星的空间平台上。 每个捕获装置包括存储在壳体中的折叠捕获网,引导重物连接到网并被接收在弹簧加载的弹射管中,弹簧加载的弹射管相对于壳体的围绕其周边的轴线以锐角定向,并且弹簧加载的可释放 连接到网的盖子,覆盖壳体中的网,并将重物保持在喷射管中。 当盖子被释放时,在拉出并展开网状物的同时从壳体弹出弹簧,并将重物弹出喷出管,同时展开网。 在网络绕过空间中的自由飞行的目标物体之后,净关闭机构卷起一条网线,以关闭网,该网通过绞盘上的系绳连接到空间平台。
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