Device for suspension of a payload in a space launch
AssigneeCentre National D'Etudes Spatiales
InventorPascal Marie-Dominique Hubert
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Abstract
A device for the suspension of a payload in a space launch including annular chambers of fluid with variable geometry installed between the launch and the payload and first and second rigid members fixed, on either side of the chambers, to the payload and to the launch respectively so as to transmit the stresses between the latter through the chambers. The fluid chambers and the first and second rigid coupling members are coextensive, ring-shaped and coaxial with a longitudinal axis common to the launch and to the payload. The first and second annular rigid coupling members each include external and internal ribs respectively, axially separated by one of the annular fluid chambers.
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A system for suspending a payload in a launch vehicle for launching said payload into space, said system comprising:
- a) at least one variable geometry annular fluid chamber installed between said launch vehicle and said payload, and b) a first rigid coupling member and a second rigid coupling member fixed on either side of said chamber to said payload and to the launch vehicle, respectively, so as to transmit forces between them via said at least one variable geometry annular fluid chamber, said at least one variable geometry annular fluid chamber having a flexible wall, said at least one variable geometry annular fluid chamber including at least one first annular fluid chamber and one second annular fluid chamber superposed axially, and ribs extending from the rigid members respectively compressing the at least one first annular fluid chamber or the one second annular fluid chamber when said rigid members are respectively subjected to forces tending to move them closer together or further apart.
A system for suspending a payload in a launch vehicle for launching said payload into space, said system comprising a) at least first and second superimposed variable geometry annular fluid chambers installed between said launch vehicle and said payload, and b) first and second rigid members fixed, on either side of said superimposed chambers, to said payload and to the launch vehicle, respectively, so as to transmit forces between them via said chambers, said annular fluid chambers and said rigid members being coextensive and coaxial with a longitudinal axis common to the launch vehicle and the payload, said first and second rigid annular members each having at least one external rib and one internal rib, respectively, said ribs respectively compressing the first annular chamber or the second annular fluid chamber when said rigid members are respectively subjected to forces tending to move them closer together or further apart.
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