Autonomous compliance controlled generic mooring station for an on-orbit system

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 Date
Patent No.
US 11,939,087 B2
Category
Device and Method

An autonomous compliance controlled generic mooring station includes a pair of mooring systems connected to each other. The pair of mooring systems includes a pair of mooring interfaces, allowing the pair of mooring systems to change between a mooring state and a release state. One of the pair of mooring interfaces includes an electropermanent magnet and the other one of the pair of mooring interfaces includes a ferromagnetic plate. The electropermanent magnet and the ferromagnetic plate are configured to connect the pair of mooring systems together.

Keywords: mooring, on-orbit assembly, hive
International Class: B64G1/64, B64G1/10, H01F7/02