Deployment device for nano-satellite
AssigneesCentre National D'Etudes Spatiales, Mecano I.D.
InventorsOlivier DESLANDES, Jacques SICRE, Lionel BONNES
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a device for deploying a nanosatellite including a main structure mounted on a launching vehicle, a support frame carrying the nanosatellite, and a locking/unlocking structure. The locking/unlocking structure includes a first clamping element complementary to a second clamping element of the support frame, and an elastically deformable actuating element to allow, in a locking position, constrain the first clamping element to the second clamping element to retain the support frame to the main structure, and in an unlocking position, release the first clamping element from the second clamping element to release the support frame from the main structure causing it to be ejected.
Claims16
A deployment device of a nanosatellite comprising:
- a main structure provided to be mounted on a launching vehicle of the nanosatellite,
- a support frame provided to carry the nanosatellite and to be ejected from the main structure with the nanosatellite,
- a locking/unlocking structure adapted to lock/unlock the support frame with respect to the main structure, wherein:
- the locking/unlocking structure is movably mounted on the main structure,
- the locking/unlocking structure comprises:
- a first clamping element complementary to a second clamping element of the support frame, and
- an elastically deformable actuating element adapted to:
- in a locking position, constrain the first clamping element to the second clamping element to retain the support frame to the main structure, and
- in an unlocking position, release the first clamping element from the second clamping element to release the support frame from the main structure causing it to be ejected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.