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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1999
Conor D. Johnson, Belmont, CA (US);
Paul S. Wilke, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott C. Pendleton, Foster City, CA (US);
CSA Engineering, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The excitations from the engines of launch vehicles and the aerodynamics of flight produce large vibrations which are highly detrimental to spacecraft during launch. Significant dynamic loads often exist in all three translations and for rotations as well, therefore, complete six degree-of-freedom vibration load isolation is often desired. The disclosed device utilizes a previously disclosed passive axial vibration isolation device to simply and effectively create a passive three-axis vibration isolation device suitable for effecting a six degree-of-freedom whole-spacecraft passive vibration isolation system. The vibration isolation system design can be simply tuned to address various dynamic load frequency bands of concern, including isolation for pyrotechnic shock. The resulting system is compact and lightweight and can be easily utilized with existing launch vehicle-to-payload support structures.