DEVICE FOR COUPLING WITH CASE OF SPACECRAFT LOCATED IN ORBIT Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: space engineering; devices for securing payload to spacecraft in the course of outside activity. SUBSTANCE: proposed device has receiving unit and unit to be mounted, locks and leverage. Receiving unit is made in form of hollow cylinder with guide pins mounted on its bottom over circumference of smaller diameter and spherical stops mounted over circumference of smaller diameter. Secured on outer surface of receiving unit is target for securing payload. Unit to be mounted is provided with locking handle and is made in form of housing with hollow cylinder having cones for guide pins for coarse adjustment and seats for spherical stops for fine adjustment. Each lock mounted inside housing of unit to be mounted is mechanically connected with locking handle through leverage. Locks are made in form of bushes on which locking disks are mounted on bearings. Locking disks are provided with magnetic slide blocks for locking the spherical stops. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 11 dwg