CROSS BAR FOR DOCKING OF LARGE SPACE VEHICLE WITH CARRIER ROCKET EQUIPPED WITH SUPERCALIBER PAYLOAD FAIRING Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC B66C1/12 

FIELD: transportation, shipment of goods.

SUBSTANCE: said utility invention relates to lifting and transfer equipment for mounting and docking operations with a large space vehicle docked with a carrier rocket equipped with a supercaliber payload fairing. A cross bar comprising a bearing beam with a lug and a shank pivotally attached to the bearing beam and equipped with a stop located so that it can interact with the fixing socket on the bearing beam. Slings with hoist fittings are installed in balanced sockets of the carrier beam. The hoist fittings are installed on a transition frame coupled with the slings, and made as the front and rear adjustable brackets pivotally coupled with the transition frame. The rear adjustable brackets are located at the side of docking of the large space vehicle with the carrier rocket, and installed so that their angular positions can be fixed. The slings are located between the hoist fittings for the attachment of the large space vehicle. The rear adjustable brackets are located between the horizontal axis of symmetry of the large space vehicle and the internal boundary of the supercaliber payload fairing.

EFFECT: enhanced functionality and performance.

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