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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:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Erno Raumfahrttechnik GmbH, Bremen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 244165 ;
Abstract
In a satellite or space station having at least one stabilized service module and a payload module connected thereto in different orientations, an interconnecting and coupling structure includes latchable lift-and-turn mechanisms having some components in the service module and remaining components in the payload module; relative lift is provided such that the components are interconnected to obtain the interconnection of the modules; the modules are independently and releasably interconnected for latching and locking them together while the lift-and-turn mechanism is disconnected.