Honeywell International Inc.

Honeywell G.m.b.h.

Daniel L Martinez

Jose Pagan

Ryan Goold

Roger D Stanley

Cesar Arroyo

Embodiments of an isolator are provided, as are embodiments of a spacecraft isolation system employing a number of three parameter isolators. In one embodiment, the isolator includes a damper assembly and a thermal compensator external to the damper assembly. The damper assembly includes, in turn, a damper housing and a first hydraulic chamber, which is located within the damper housing and which is configured to contain a damping fluid. The thermal compensator includes a thermal compensator chamber, which is fluidly coupled to the first hydraulic chamber and which is configured to exchange damping fluid therewith during operation of the isolator. A thermal compensator bellows bounds an inner circumference of the thermal compensator chamber such that the bellows is externally pressurized when the first hydraulic chamber and the thermal compensator chamber are filled with the damping fluid.

Isolators including damper assemblies having variable annuli and spacecraft isolation systems employing the same

Embodiments of an isolator are provided, as are embodiments of a spacecraft isolation system employing a number of three parameter isolators. In one embodiment, the isolator includes an externally-pressurized damper assembly and a thermal compensator, which is located external to the externally-pressurized damper assembly. The damper assembly includes, in turn, a damper assembly housing and a first hydraulic chamber configured to be filled with a damping fluid. The first hydraulic chamber is located within the damper assembly housing and is fluidly coupled to the thermal compensator. A first bellows is disposed within the damper assembly housing and bounds an inner circumference of the first hydraulic chamber such that the first bellows is externally pressurized when the first hydraulic chamber is filled with the damping fluid.

Isolators having damper-external thermal compensators and spacecraft isolation systems employing the same

An input data stream (a manchester encoded data stream which includes a clock signal component and has some jitter) is inputted to a clock extractor for extracting the clock signal component, the clock signal component having missing clock pulses. A delay line oscillator provides the missing clock pulses and outputs a recovered clock signal. The recovered clock signal has a first delay time as a result of inherent delays in the delay line oscillator and the clock extractor. A latch element receives the recovered clock signal and the input data stream, the input data stream being delayed a second delay time, the first delay time and the second delay time being essentially the same. The latch element reclocks the input data stream thereby removing a maximum amount of jitter and removes any distortion of the input data stream.

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Daniel L Martinez