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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Airbus Ds Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;
Inventor:
Ulrich Knirsch, Markdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Airbus DS GmbH, Taufkirchen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2013.01); B64G 1/222 (2013.01); B64G 2001/1071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A landing device for a low gravity lander having a main body. The landing device comprises a number of leg-like rods attached to the main body, wherein, in a deployment position of the rods, each of the number of rods is inclined with regard to a plane of a first side surface of the main body such that the rods substantially extend in a direction of movement of the low gravity lander. Furthermore, the number of rods is made such that they bend or buckle under forces within a predetermined range by an impact due to a landing on a landing surface, thereby absorbing an impact momentum.