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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jane Camile Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anthony Beckman Hays, Jackson, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Greg Ritter, Hamburg, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jane Camile Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anthony Beckman Hays, Jackson, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Greg Ritter, Hamburg, MI (US);
Assignee:
Michigan Aerospace Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B63B 21/62 (2006.01); B60D 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automatically aligned docking system, comprises a multi-point kinematic rigidization system that provides precise, repeatable rotational alignment at the spacecraft-docking interface without over-constraining the interface.