In-space manufacturing and assembly of spacecraft device and techniques
AssigneeMade In Space, Inc.
InventorMichael Snyder
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Abstract
A system for producing an object is disclosed including a build device having a build area and a material bonding component to receive portions of a material that are used to produce the object, at least one gripper within the build area to contact the object to provide support and to provide for at least one of a heat sink for the object, a cold sink for the object, and electrical dissipation path from the object, and a movement mechanism to move the build device relative to the object to position the build device at a position to further produce the object. Another system and methods are also disclosed.
Claims29
A system for producing an object, the system comprising:
- a build device having a build area and a material bonding component to receive portions of a material that are used to produce the object;
- at least one gripper within the build area to contact the object to provide support and to provide for at least one of a heat sink for the object, a cold sink for the object, and an electrical dissipation path from the object;
- a movement mechanism to move the build device relative to the object to position the build device at a position to further produce the object;
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- a weaving component attached to the build device to create a mesh over the object as the object is produced.
A system for producing an object in the space environment, the system comprising:
- a build device having a build area and a material bonding component to receive portions of a material that are used to produce the object;
- at least one contacting device in physical contact with the object during at least a portion of object production, the contracting device providing for at least one of a heat sink for the object, a cold sink for the object, and an electrical dissipation path from the object;
- a movement mechanism to move the build device relative to the object to position the build device at a position to further produce the object;
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- a weaving component attached to the build device to create a mesh over the object as the object is produced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.