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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc., Brampton, CA;
Inventors:
Gavin Hay, Toronto, CA;
Michael Robert Honeybrown, Milton, CA;
Peter Krimbalis, Toronto, CA;
Justin Charbonneau, Woodbridge, CA;
Assignee:
MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES INC., Brampton, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 33/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0408 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 33/00 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); Y10S 901/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a low mass system for releasably securing a robotic arm to a spacecraft and also securing various payloads to the robotic arm and to each other, permitting the robotic arm to be both moved from one location to another suitably equipped location on a spacecraft to another and to allow the free end of the robotic arm to be secured to any payload also similarly equipped such that this payload may be manipulated by the robotic arm.