Device as quick coupling interface for dual docking and refuelling
AssigneeOrbitaid Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
InventorSakthikumar R
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Abstract
A device 100 for a service vehicle for docking with and transferring a fluid to a vehicle in motion is disclosed. The device 100 includes a first part 105 and a second part 110. The first part 105 is communicatively coupled to the service vehicle and the second part 110 to the vehicle in motion. A guide pin 106 of the first part 105 is configured for being inserted into a guide pin holder 112 of the second part 110 for actuating a servomotor 102B of the first part 105 for capturing of the second part 110. Two or more male quick couplings 102 of the first part 105 are configured for being inserted into two or more female quick couplings 110 of the second part 110 for initiating a latching mechanism using the servomotor 102A of the first part 105 for hard clamping with the first part 105.
Claims8
A device for a service vehicle in motion for autonomously dual docking with and transferring fluid to a vehicle that is in motion,
- the device comprising a first part and a second part;
- the first part communicatively coupled to the service vehicle and the second part communicatively coupled to the vehicle in motion;
- at least one guide pin of the first part configured for being inserted into at least one guide pin holder of the second part for electro-mechanically actuating a servo motor of the first part to rotate or translate the at least one guide pin to enable a soft capture of the second part into the first part;
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- two or more male quick couplings of the first part configured for being inserted into two or more female quick couplings of the second part for initiating a servo-driven latching mechanism using the servo motor of the first part for hard clamping of the second part into the first part only after the soft capture is achieved, for transferring the fluid to the vehicle in motion from the service vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.