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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Macdonald, Dettwiler & Associates Inc., Brampton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES INC., Brampton, ON, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 4/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 4/00 (2013.01); B64G 1/1078 (2013.01); B64G 1/222 (2013.01); B64G 1/646 (2013.01); B64G 2004/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a capture mechanism for capturing and locking onto the Marman flange located on the exterior surfaces of spacecraft/satellites. The capture mechanism achieves its goal of quickly capturing a client spacecraft by splitting the two basic actions involved into two separate mechanisms. One mechanism performs the quick grasp of the target while the other mechanism rigidises that grasp to ensure that the target is held as firmly as desired.