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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Harry Kendall Warden, Huntsville, AL (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Weathers, Huntsville, AL (US);
James Boyd Weathers, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A collet assembly, for an umbilical plate that connects a vehicle to a ground station prior to a launch of the vehicle, includes an active decoupler. The active decoupler includes a pin. A cuff has a central opening. The pin passes through the central opening. A plurality of fingers are pivotally coupled to the cuff. A plurality of levers are pivotally coupled to the plurality of fingers and the pin.