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US 2022/0127020 A1Published application
Space debris engagement and deorbit system
AssigneeL'Garde, Inc.
InventorNathaniel C. Barnes
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments described herein include innovative engagement devices. Exemplary engagement devices may include on or more tape spring systems. The tape spring system may include a continuous or segmented bi-stable tape spring. The tape spring can be stowed in a rolled up configuration, extended to a deployed configuration, and then triggered to return to a retracted configuration.
Claims15
An engagement device, comprising:
- a tape spring;
- and
- an actuator.
A method of coupling to a target object, comprising:
- navigating an engagement device proximate to the target object;
- extending a tape spring from a stored configuration to a deployed configuration;
- actuating the tape spring to collapse to a retracted configuration
- coupling the engagement device to the target object within the retracted configuration of the tape spring.
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