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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Hervé Renault, Cannes-la-Bocca, FR;
Francis Arbusti, La Roquette sur Siagne, FR;
Hervé Sainct, Le Cannet, FR;
Hervé Renault, Cannes-la-Bocca, FR;
Francis Arbusti, La Roquette sur Siagne, FR;
Hervé Sainct, Le Cannet, FR;
Thales, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
Abstract
A method for capturing a container of planet ground samples moving in space by a probe also moving in space includes, when the probe is on the orbit of the container, at a distance of a few meters therefrom and the receiving face of the probe is oriented toward the container, generating, on board the probe, a first controlled magnetic field to reduce the angular speeds of the container and orient it in a preferred direction for the capture, and, when these speeds have become negligible and the probe is positioned in the correct orientation, while the probe is being brought closer to the container, a process of attraction of the container relative to the probe is begun using another field whose field lines converge toward the capture zone of the probe.
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