Arrangement for attach, quick disconnect and jettison of rocket

Details Arrangement for attach, quick disconnect and jettison of rocket Arrangement for attach, quick disconnect and jettison of rocket

1991-06-18

1993-08-24

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path

2441374, 89 157, 102377, B64G 100

Patent

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052382095

ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for attaching, quickly disconnecting and jettisoning a rocket booster from a core space vehicle. The arrangement includes a housing connected to the booster and having a drive means slidably positioned therewithin and selectively locked to a bearing block connected to the space vehicle core by a lockable collet clutch means. The collet clutch means is unlocked by the drive means in response to a selective pressure to disconnect the booster from the space vehicle core and continued movement of the drive means within the housing forces the drive means into a high force contact with the bearing block, causing a rebound which jettisons the housing and connected booster from the core of the space vehicle.

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patent: 4088287 (1978-05-01), Hasquenoph
patent: 4632339 (1986-12-01), Yuan

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