DEVICE FOR FIXING A HINGED JOINT Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B64G1/22 F16B9/02 F16C11/10 

FIELD: locks.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates primarily to locks of the deployed position of the satellite rotational structures, for example, solar panels or antennas. Device is a hinged joint with swiveling parts (1, 2, 3). On one of them, a fixing element in the form of hook (6), fixed to axis (5), spring-loaded by spring (7), is mounted. Rigid stop interacting with second part (2) is installed with eccentricity relative to axis of rotation (4) of the hinged joint. On second part (2), axis (8) is fixed to interact with the inner side of hook (6), second part (2) is connected to third one (3), with the possibility of rotation and subsequent fixation of third part (3) relative to second one (2) in a predetermined position with the aid of lock (10), which allows to adjust the angular position of the device.

EFFECT: providing the possibility of adjusting the angular position of the disclosed elements of the hinged joint without loss of reliability of the hinged joint hooking under the external loads.

1 cl, 1 dwg