摘要 |
<p>A tethered spacecraft has a first endmass and a second endmass with a telescoping stacer spring and a tether arranged between the endmasses. The spring is coiled around a center rod and initially contained within a housing, the spring being biased to push the first endmass away from the second endmass. The spring housing is affixed to the first endmass, a first end of the spring being affixed to the spring housing, and tether are affixed to spring at one end and to the second endmass at the other end. A pretensioned loop holds the endmasses abuttingly together, and a burnwire release mechanism cuts the loop to deploy the spring. Upon deployment, the spring extends to its full length to form a cylindrical boom, and the endmasses continue to move outward along the spring centerline until stopped by the tether.</p> |
申请人 |
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY;COFFEY, SHANNON;CARROLL, JOSEPH, A.;OPPENHEIMER, PAUL;SCHLATER, JORDAN, R.;GALYSH, IVAN;LEVIN, EUGENE;HOGAN, CURT;THURN, ADAM |
发明人 |
COFFEY, SHANNON;CARROLL, JOSEPH, A.;OPPENHEIMER, PAUL;SCHLATER, JORDAN, R.;GALYSH, IVAN;LEVIN, EUGENE;HOGAN, CURT;THURN, ADAM |