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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene R Ganssle, Skillman, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244161 ; 2441181 ; 2441 / ; 294 / ; 350 9625 ; 356153 ; 358901 ; 33286 ; 29464 ;
Abstract
A spacecraft support cradle structure includes a keel rod which depends from its lower extremity and which mates with a female receptacle in the base of a cargo bay of a launch vehicle. An illuminating cable and an imaging cable made of optical fibers coaxially mounted within the keel rod, terminate at the rod's lower extremity. The illumination cable transmits light to the lower extremity of the keel rod to illuminate the female receptacle. The illuminated region image as received by the imaging cable is picked up and displayed by a television system to aid the alignment of the keel rod with the receptacle.