Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid transfer system
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Application No.: US17427272Application Date: 2020-01-23
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Publication No.: US11352151B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Juliet Gregory , James Sadler , William Bentall
- Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Stevenage
- Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Stevenage
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Agent Robert Kinberg
- Priority: EP19154848 20190131
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/051691 WO 20200123
- International Announcement: WO2020/156931 WO 20200806
- Main IPC: B64G1/40
- IPC: B64G1/40 ; B64G1/64

Abstract:
A system for transferring a fluid from a first spacecraft to a second spacecraft. The first spacecraft includes a fluid transfer system comprising: a pressurant supply system, a first fluid tank to store a fluid to be transferred, one or more transfer feedlines to provide fluidic connection between the first fluid tank and the second spacecraft, a connector for connecting the first spacecraft to the second spacecraft, an accumulator tank comprising a first portion connected to the pressurant supply system, a second portion configured in fluidic communication with the one or more transfer feedlines, and a flexible separator to separate the first portion and the second portion. The pressurant supply system supplies pressurant gas to the first fluid tank for pressurising the first fluid tank and to supply pressurant gas to the first portion of the accumulator tank for pressurising the first portion of the accumulator tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220089300A1 A FLUID TRANSFER SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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