Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Separable roller screw assembly for a space craft release mechanism system
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Application No.: US16092428Application Date: 2016-04-25
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Publication No.: US11111034B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Magnus Thenander , Johan Ohlin
- Applicant: RUAG SPACE AB
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: RUAG SPACE AB
- Current Assignee: RUAG SPACE AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Agent John C. Freeman
- International Application: PCT/SE2016/050361 WO 20160425
- International Announcement: WO2017/188867 WO 20171102
- Main IPC: B64G1/64
- IPC: B64G1/64 ; F16B2/08 ; F16B7/06

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a separable roller screw assembly comprising: a first screw shaft having a first external thread and being axially separated from a second screw shaft having a second external thread; a planetary roller arrangement comprising multiple rotatable rollers radially arrayed about the first and second screw shafts, whilst being encapsulated by a rotatable nut module; the rotatable nut module being coaxially arranged about the first and second screw shafts and configured for maintaining the planetary roller arrangement, the first and second screw shafts in an axially fixed configuration to permit the assembly to carry a load in an axial direction corresponding to an axial tensile force, whilst enabling displacement of the first screw shaft relative to the second screw shaft when said assembly is released from said axially fixed configuration; and wherein each one of the multiple rollers comprises first and second roller external thread regions adapted to engage said first external thread and said second external thread, respectively. Moreover, the present disclosure relates to a space craft release mechanism for separating a first space craft element from a second space craft element and comprising a separable roller screw assembly. In addition, the present disclosure relates a clamp band system for a load bearing interface assembly of a space craft comprising a separable roller screw assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200324923A1 SEPARABLE ROLLER SCREW ASSEMBLY FOR A SPACE CRAFT RELEASE MECHANISM SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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