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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:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Robin Gruber, München, DE;
Andreas Baumann, Schwarzenfeld, DE;
Inventors:
Robin Gruber, München, DE;
Andreas Baumann, Schwarzenfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V., Cologne, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention refers to a docking device for the docking of a maintenance device to a nozzle of a satellite, including a distance sensor for determining the distance between the maintenance device and the nozzle of the satellite. Further, a locking device is provided for connecting the docking device with the nozzle of the satellite.