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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Elliott Martin, Greenbelt, MD (US);
William Davies, Lanham, MD (US);
Michael Liszka, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Christopher Lashley, Beltsville, MD (US);
Charles Bacon, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Patrick O'Neill, Beltsville, MD (US);
David Parker, Reston, VA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Blind mate mechanisms that are capable of simultaneously making multiple connections in a single motion are disclosed. Such mechanisms may be useful for applications where two or more of structural, electrical, and/or fluid couplings could be made manually or robotically at the same time using the mechanism. The mechanism may include a removable side and a fixed side.