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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Stratolaunch, Llc, Mojave, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erich K. Weinberg, Kent, WA (US);
Michael Zack Eckblad, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
Stratolaunch, LLC, Mojave, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); F42B 15/38 (2006.01); F16B 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/645 (2013.01); F42B 15/38 (2013.01); F16B 2/065 (2013.01); Y10T 403/11 (2015.01);
Abstract
A joint that is separable by detonating a detonating cord within an expanding tube. The joint is held together with a set of bolts. Each bolt is retained on one side of the joint with a lever. The expanding tube is retained under an arm of each lever. When the detonating cord is activated, the tube expands and exerts a force against an arm of each lever, thereby breaking the set of bolts, and allowing the joint to separate. In one example, the separable joint is used to retain a payload fairing on a launch vehicle so that the fairing can be jettisoned during flight.