公开(公告)号：US20230018576A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17787209

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

Inventor： Thierry BLAIS ,  Alain GOSSANT ,  Victor PIRES

IPC: B64G1/66 ,  H01Q3/08

Abstract: A device for orienting a load about a main axis X and a secondary axis Y is disclosed having a first shaft, called transmission shaft, intended to support the load and configured to be rotated about the main axis and the secondary axis, a second shaft configured to be rotated about the main axis X, a third shaft configured to be rotated about a third axis of rotation, in the same direction as the main axis, a first connection component between the transmission shaft and the second shaft, configured to prevent relative movements between the transmission shaft and the second shaft in, on the one hand, a degree of rotational freedom about the main axis X and, on the other hand, three degrees of translational freedom.

公开(公告)号：US20220388696A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17787217

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

Inventor： Florent TAJAN ,  Thierry BLAIS

IPC: B64G1/64

Abstract: A device for docking with a satellite including: a mobile, satellite receiving platform (10), suitable for resting against a protruding element of the satellite, a device for capturing the protruding element, and a device (20) for damping and positioning the receiving platform, including: a set (21) of link arms (210) connecting the satellite receiving platform to a member that is fixed relative to a spacecraft carrying the docking device, the set of link arms being suitable for enabling the platform to move in six degrees of freedom, and a set of magnetic dampers (25), suitable for damping the contact between the satellite and the mobile receiving platform in proportion to the relative speed between the satellite and the mobile receiving platform. A method for docking and undocking this device to/from a satellite.