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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Greg Alan Ritter, Hamburg, MI (US);
Anthony Beckman Hays, Jackson, MI (US);
Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jane Camile Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Greg Alan Ritter, Hamburg, MI (US);
Anthony Beckman Hays, Jackson, MI (US);
Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jane Camile Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Michigan Aerospace Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
First and second releasably connectable portions of a docking system are moved together. A relatively central concave element of the second portion of the docking system contacts a corresponding relatively central mating convex element of the first portion of the docking system. A plurality of relatively distal coupling elements rigidly connected to one of the first and second portions of the docking system are inserted into a corresponding plurality of relatively distal sockets of the other of the first and second portions of the docking system. The plurality of relatively distal coupling elements are captured with a corresponding plurality of relatively distal latch mechanisms associated with the plurality of relatively distal sockets responsive to inserting the plurality of relatively distal coupling elements into the corresponding plurality of relatively distal sockets.