Rotation suppressing device
AssigneeAstroscale Japan Inc.
InventorsMitsunobu OKADA, Masato OTSUBO
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Abstract
A rotation suppressing device 1 includes: a body 10; a shaft 20 extending outward from the body 10 and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis A1; a rotation part 30 configured to rotate about a second rotation axis A2 together with the shaft 20; a capture part 40 fixed to the rotation part 30 and configured to capture space debris D; a braking part 50 configured to suppress rotation of the shaft 20; and a body rotation suppressing part 60 configured to suppress rotation of the body 10 occurring when the braking part 50 operates.
Claims8
A device for suppressing rotation of a target in aerospace, the device comprising:
- a body;
- a shaft extending outward from the body and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis;
- a rotation part attached to an end of the shaft opposite to the body and configured to rotate about a second rotation axis together with the shaft;
- a capture part fixed to the rotation part and configured to capture the target;
- a braking part provided in the body and configured to suppress rotation of the shaft;
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- a body rotation suppressing part configured to suppress rotation of the body occurring when the braking part operates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.