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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Blue Origin, Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Inventors:
Emmanuel John Grillos, II, Kent, WA (US);
Richard Donovan Jones, East Wenatchee, WA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B63B 35/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2013.01); B63B 35/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for receiving a descending rocket, which may be at sea. The rocket may descend vertically with the nose higher than the nozzle. The rocket body may be angled as it descends. A boom arm with hooks may extend at an angle to the rocket body to engage a cable suspended by a semisubmersible platform at sea. The platform may include a dampened cable and lateral straps for securing and rotating the rocket into a horizontal orientation. The platform may receive a ship and purge water to elevate the platform for placing the horizontal rocket onto the ship.