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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Orbit Fab, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Bultitude, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phil Putman, Sandusky, OH (US);
Larry Knauer, Toledo, OH (US);
Wanda Sigur, Seabrook, TX (US);
Sebastian Poler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Garrett Ailts, Riverdale, UT (US);
Avery Louie, Somerville, MA (US);
Daniel Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Deuitch, Westminster, CO (US);
Orbit Fab, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Abstract
Material transfer interfaces for space vehicles, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed. A representative system includes a coupling mechanism including a support structure, a latch-arm base movably connected to the support structure, and a latch arm pivotably connected to the latch-arm base. Another representative system includes a service valve portion, a coupling portion configured to receive the service valve portion, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the service valve portion to the coupling portion. The coupling mechanism can include latch arms positioned to pivot between a position in which the latch arms are pivoted outwardly and a position in which the latch arms are pivoted inwardly to capture the service valve portion. The latch arm can be carried by a latch-arm base that translates relative to a support structure of the coupling portion. Material transfer interfaces can include self-aligning ports having faces that engage each other with cup-and-cone structures.