公开(公告)号：US10513354B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US16510359

申请日：2019-07-12

申请人： MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES INC.

发明人： Tej Singh Sachdev ,  John Douglas Lymer ,  Richard Andrew Bryan ,  Branko Francetic ,  Paul Robert Peacock ,  Peter Panagiotis Krimbalis

IPC分类号： B64G1/64

摘要： There is disclosed a Payload Ejection System (PES) able to store any set of payloads for launch and eject that set of payloads at a controlled speed with a low tumble rate while accommodating any offset centre of mass within a restricted volume. The need for ballasting or balancing is eliminated thus freeing up the design space for these payloads. Insensitivity to centre of mass location is enabled by the use of a deployment hinge assembly arrangement which uses two or more non-parallel folding hinge arrangements that allow for linear motion of the output link in one direction while restricting the motion all other directions. One embodiment of the current PES concept uses four (4) hinge panel assemblies, selected to provide optimal stiffness around the entire mechanism. The stiffness of the PES is integral to managing offset centre-of-mass locations by allowing the mechanism to translate the effective force vector to the center of mass location.

公开(公告)号：US10427808B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US14716795

申请日：2015-05-19

申请人： MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES INC.

发明人： Tej Singh Sachdev ,  John Douglas Lymer ,  Richard Andrew Bryan ,  Branko Francetic ,  Paul Robert Peacock ,  Peter Panagiotis Krimbalis

IPC分类号： B64G1/64

摘要： There is disclosed a Payload Ejection System (PES) able to store any set of payloads for launch and eject that set of payloads at a controlled speed with a low tumble rate while accommodating any offset center of mass within a restricted volume. The need for ballasting or balancing is eliminated thus freeing up the design space for these payloads. Insensitivity to center of mass location is enabled by the use of a deployment hinge assembly arrangement which uses two or more non-parallel folding hinge arrangements that allow for linear motion of the output link in one direction while restricting the motion all other directions. One embodiment of the current PES concept uses four (4) hinge panel assemblies, selected to provide optimal stiffness around the entire mechanism. The stiffness of the PES is integral to managing offset center-of-mass locations by allowing the mechanism to translate the effective force vector to the center of mass location.