Raumfahrzeug mit einer Klinge zum Trennen eines Seils zur Sicherung eines Entfaltbaren Raumfahrzeugpakets und Zugehörige Verfahren

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Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4711281

Anmeldetag

10. September 2025

Veröffentlichung

18. März 2026

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

B64G1/64

Abstract

A spacecraft 20 includes a spacecraft package 22 movable between stored and deployed positions. A rope 28 may secure the spacecraft package 22 in the stored position. The rope 28 may have a first end 28a and a second end 28b opposite the first end. A tension lock 50 may be coupled to the first end 28a of the rope 28 to maintain the rope at an initial tension. A take-up mechanism 54 may be adjacent the first end 28a of the rope 28. A melting blade 66 may be selectively operable to melt and sever the rope 28 adjacent the second end 28b thereof so that the rope is released at the second end, retrieved onto the take-up mechanism 54, and the spacecraft package 22 is released from the stored position to move to the deployed position.

Anmelder

Firma

Eagle Technology, LLC

Land

🇺🇸 USA