Arrowhead Center, Inc.

Ou Ma

Ken Ruble

Carlos E Ortega

Jiegao Wang

Qi Lu

The present invention is a test object apparatus for testing space objects. The test apparatus provides the space object with six degrees of freedom for testing. The test apparatus is statically balanced in order to achieve a microgravity condition for testing.

Six degrees of freedom free-motion test apparatus

The invention is a multiple degree-of-freedom test stand for unmanned air vehicles, and is particularly useful for small or micro unmanned air vehicles. The stand is gravity balanced using springs such that no weight of any part of the stand becomes a burden to the tested vehicle when it flies while constrained to the stand. A joint and a plurality of members are used to enable multiple degrees of freedom.

Multi-degree-of-freedom test stand for unmanned air vehicles

The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for gravity-balanced apparatuses for training humans for space exploration and other applications. The embodiment of the simulation apparatus is less expensive to build and safe to operate and adaptable to numerous applications, including but not limited to theme parks, museums, training facilities, educational/research labs, and others, for people to experience walking and other perambulations in lower or zero gravity environments. The present invention is statically-balanced and comprises a spring apparatus that is easily adjusted. An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus and method for simulating walking in a zero-gravity or reduced-gravity environment.

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Las Cruces, NM, United States of America

Ou Ma