National Aerospace Laboratory of Science Technology Agency

Kawasaki Industries, Ltd.

Goji Iba

Seizo Suzuki

Teruomi Nakaya

Osamu Okamoto

Naoaki Kuwano

Yoshinori Sakai

Hiroshi Oda

Masao Uegusa

Kenji Ogimoto

Ryuji Sakata

Yasuaki Taniguchi

Hiroyoshi Tanaka

A plurality of eccentric rotors are rotatably fitted between a fixed base and an output shaft on which an object to be vibrationproofed is mounted, the output shaft being supported movably in 3 to 6 Degree-of-Freedom, magnet spring mechanisms are provided on fitted wall surfaces between the fixed base and the eccentric rotor, a composite vibrationproof adjusting spring is provided between the fixed base and the output shaft, the magnet spring mechanism responding to a fine displacement of the output shaft, and in a case where the output shaft is greatly displaced, the output shaft is braked so as to be restored to a predetermined position by the composite vibrationproof adjusting spring mechanism. The magnet spring mechanism produces a large braking force since a rotational angle is large and a rotational-angle speed is high due to eccentricity of eccentric rotors.

Multidimensional damping apparatus

A docking and active damping device for space structures is provided, in a docking portion of one space structure to be docked, with a positioning device in which an output rotor can be moved and rotated within a two-dimensional plane by a composite rotation of one or more eccentric rotors capable of being independently driven and controlled by a direct drive motor and the output rotor, and a docking member having a docking ring and a latch mechanism are supported on the output rotor of the positioning device. A probe having a capture device capable of being protruded and driven in an axial direction by a linear motion is provided inwardly of the docking member, and the probe provides a 4-freedom movement according to a position of the passive side to capture and dock a drogue. The docking ring is supported through a strain sensor, a vibration of the passive side structure is detected, and the docking member is moved in a direction of suppressing the vibration to promptly suppress the vibration caused by disturbances from the inside and outside of the space structures.

Docking and active damping device for space structures

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Toyama, Japan

Goji Iba