SHOCK-ABSORBING MEMBER OF FLEXIBLE SPACE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT SUSPENSION Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: space technology. SUBSTANCE: each shock-absorbing member from several (for example, three) suspensions has forks 3 mounted at an angle of 90° one to another and engageable by high-flexible spring cords 7. One ends of the cables are connected to the forks by coordinate devices 4, 5, 6, an the other ones - to central prism 8 from a very hard material (rubin. sapphire, etc.). The junction is added by flexible inserts 10 resting by their end needles 9 and 11 against central prism 8 and prisms 12 respectively mounted on forks 3 opposite to washers 4 of the coordinate devices. The stress in the fork-cable junction is controlled by micrometric screw 15 which compresses each of springs 13 where prism 12 is mounted. The shock-absorbing member is fastened between an isolated object and a body by pins made on the forks (along axis O-Y). EFFECT: improved absorption reliability. 2 cl, 5 dwg