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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Astroscale Japan Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsunobu Okada, Singapore, SG;
Masato Otsubo, Chigasaki, JP;
Assignee:
ASTROSCALE JAPAN INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); F16D 61/00 (2006.01); F16D 63/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/28 (2006.01); B64G 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2013.01); B64G 1/646 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); F16D 61/00 (2013.01); F16D 63/00 (2013.01); B64G 1/283 (2013.01); B64G 1/421 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotation suppressing deviceincludes: a body; a shaftextending outward from the bodyand configured to rotate about a first rotation axis A; a rotation partconfigured to rotate about a second rotation axis Atogether with the shaft; a capture partfixed to the rotation partand configured to capture space debris D; a braking partconfigured to suppress rotation of the shaft; and a body rotation suppressing partconfigured to suppress rotation of the bodyoccurring when the braking partoperates.