Ejection unit
AssigneeEXOLAUNCH GmbH
InventorsDmitriy Sternharz, Peter Schwarz, Johannes Gruber, Peter Wimmer, Sergey Polyak, Denis Bederov
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Abstract
An ejection unit for a satellite comprises a housing which is closed by a door and in which a guide for the satellite is provided. The guide comprises angled rails and a clamping apparatus to fixedly clamp the satellite by means of a clamping mechanism.
Claims16
An ejection unit for at least one cuboid satellite, said ejection unit comprising a housing which is closed by at least one door and in which a guide for receiving the at least one cuboid satellite is provided, said guide comprising four parallel angled rails, each of the four parallel angled rails having a first leg and a second leg oriented at ninety degrees to the first leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg are arranged at two surfaces of a cuboid, and a clamping apparatus that releasably clamps the at least one cuboid satellite in the guide, wherein the clamping apparatus has at least one clamping mechanism that applies a force to one of the four parallel angled rails, wherein the force is applied exclusively in a direction which is forty five degrees from both the first leg and the second leg of the one of the four parallel angled rails thus forming a bisecting line of the one of the four parallel angled rails.
An ejection unit for at least one cuboid satellite, said ejection unit comprising a housing which is closed by at least one door and in which a guide for receiving the at least one cuboid satellite is provided, said guide comprising four parallel angled rails whose two legs are each arranged at two surfaces of a cuboid, and a clamping apparatus that releasably clamps the at least one cuboid satellite in the guide, wherein the clamping apparatus has at least one clamping mechanism that applies a force to one of the four parallel angled rails exclusively in a direction that forms a bisecting line of the one of the four parallel angled rails, wherein the at least one clamping mechanism has a carriage supported on rollers, said carriage supporting a displaceable slot rail that is supported on rollers of the carriage.
An ejection unit for at least one cuboid satellite, said ejection unit comprising a housing which is closed by at least one door and in which a guide for receiving the at least one cuboid satellite is provided, said guide comprising four parallel angled rails whose two legs are each arranged at two surfaces of a cuboid, and a clamping apparatus that releasably clamps the at least one cuboid satellite in the guide, wherein the clamping apparatus has at least one clamping mechanism that applies a force to one of the four parallel angled rails exclusively in a direction that forms a bisecting line of the one of the four parallel angled rails, wherein the at least one clamping mechanism has a push plunger abutting the door and a pull plunger which is actuatable by the door, and wherein a spring-loaded conical bolt is held in a blocking position by a locking pin as long as the door is not fully open and, wherein at an end of an opening movement of the door, the locking pin serves as an entrainer for the pull plunger.
An ejection unit for at least one cuboid satellite, said ejection unit comprising a housing which is closed by at least one door and in which a guide for receiving the at least one cuboid satellite is provided, said guide comprising four parallel angled rails whose two legs are each arranged at two surfaces of a cuboid, and a clamping apparatus that releasably clamps the at least one cuboid satellite in the guide, wherein the clamping apparatus has at least one clamping mechanism that applies a force to one of the four parallel angled rails exclusively in a direction that forms a bisecting line of the one of the four parallel angled rails, wherein the at least one clamping mechanism has a push plunger abutting the door and a pull plunger which is actuatable by the door, and wherein the pull plunger is actuated via a push rod having an articulated connection with the door.
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