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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Konrad Bergandy, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Claef Hakun, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Martin Matson, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Elliott Martin, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Robert Meloy, Lanham, MD (US);
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A self-adjusting gap system, including: a flexure connected to a first electrically isolated element, wherein the flexure allows motion or has a flexible element, and has an electrically conductive element; a contact fixture connected to a second electrically isolated element, wherein the second electrically isolated element is electrically isolated from the first electrically isolated element; and a contact point on one of the contact fixture and the flexure configured to be a discharge location for a discharge of a differential charge between the first electrically isolated element and the second electrically isolated element; wherein the flexure is configured to flex or move due to the differential charge to reduce an initial first gap between the flexure and the contact fixture.