EP1012361A4 - Failure resistant multiline tether - Google Patents

Failure resistant multiline tether

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Publication number
EP1012361A4
EP1012361A4 EP97936009A EP97936009A EP1012361A4 EP 1012361 A4 EP1012361 A4 EP 1012361A4 EP 97936009 A EP97936009 A EP 97936009A EP 97936009 A EP97936009 A EP 97936009A EP 1012361 A4 EP1012361 A4 EP 1012361A4
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Prior art keywords
multiline
tether
failure resistant
failure
resistant
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1012361A1 (en
Inventor
Robert L Forward
Robert P Hoyt
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/502—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers by means of tension legs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/64—Systems for coupling or separating cosmonautic vehicles or parts thereof, e.g. docking arrangements
    • B64G1/648—Tethers
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04C—BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
    • D04C1/00—Braid or lace, e.g. pillow-lace; Processes for the manufacture thereof
    • D04C1/06—Braid or lace serving particular purposes
    • D04C1/08—Tulle fabrics
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04C—BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
    • D04C3/00—Braiding or lacing machines
    • D04C3/02—Braiding or lacing machines with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
    • D04C3/08—Braiding or lacing machines with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively with means for superimposing threads or braids
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04C—BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
    • D04C3/00—Braiding or lacing machines
    • D04C3/02—Braiding or lacing machines with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
    • D04C3/24—Devices for controlling spool carriers to obtain patterns, e.g. devices on guides or track plates
    • D04C3/30—Devices for controlling spool carriers to obtain patterns, e.g. devices on guides or track plates by controlling switches of guides or track plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/409—Unconventional spacecraft propulsion systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/42—Arrangements or adaptations of power supply systems
    • B64G1/421—Non-solar power generation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2403/00—Details of fabric structure established in the fabric forming process
    • D10B2403/03—Shape features
    • D10B2403/033—Three dimensional fabric, e.g. forming or comprising cavities in or protrusions from the basic planar configuration, or deviations from the cylindrical shape as generally imposed by the fabric forming process
    • D10B2403/0333—Three dimensional fabric, e.g. forming or comprising cavities in or protrusions from the basic planar configuration, or deviations from the cylindrical shape as generally imposed by the fabric forming process with tubular portions of variable diameter or distinct axial orientation
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2507/00—Sport; Military
    • D10B2507/02—Nets

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Braiding, Manufacturing Of Bobbin-Net Or Lace, And Manufacturing Of Nets By Knotting (AREA)
EP97936009A 1997-04-22 1997-04-22 Failure resistant multiline tether Withdrawn EP1012361A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US1997/005840 WO1998048089A1 (en) 1997-04-22 1997-04-22 Failure resistant multiline tether

Publications (2)

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EP1012361A1 EP1012361A1 (en) 2000-06-28
EP1012361A4 true EP1012361A4 (en) 2001-05-02

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EP97936009A Withdrawn EP1012361A4 (en) 1997-04-22 1997-04-22 Failure resistant multiline tether

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AU (1) AU3877897A (en)
WO (1) WO1998048089A1 (en)

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US6459206B1 (en) 2000-05-31 2002-10-01 Sri International System and method for adjusting the orbit of an orbiting space object using an electrodynamic tether and micro-fabricated field emission device
US6577130B1 (en) 2000-05-31 2003-06-10 Sri International System and method for sensing and controlling potential differences between a space object and its space plasma environment using micro-fabricated field emission devices
ES2569540B2 (en) * 2015-11-13 2017-02-22 Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid Propulsion system in orbit by means of floating conductive cables
CN109264036B (en) * 2018-11-05 2020-04-24 北京航空航天大学 Off-orbit electric power rope system of spacecraft
CN112591150B (en) * 2021-01-05 2022-09-13 成都天巡微小卫星科技有限责任公司 Atmospheric resisting moment compensation method and system for controlling attitude of ultra-low orbit satellite

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JPS58163766A (en) * 1982-03-17 1983-09-28 日東製網株式会社 Production of knotless net string
EP0627495A1 (en) * 1993-05-10 1994-12-07 Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. Self-healing UV-barrier coating with flexible polymer substrate
US5419516A (en) * 1992-10-16 1995-05-30 Deutsche Forschungsanstalt Fur Luft- Und Raumfahrt E.V. Device for coupling at least two spacecraft and use of the device for repairing tether damage

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JPS58163766A (en) * 1982-03-17 1983-09-28 日東製網株式会社 Production of knotless net string
US5419516A (en) * 1992-10-16 1995-05-30 Deutsche Forschungsanstalt Fur Luft- Und Raumfahrt E.V. Device for coupling at least two spacecraft and use of the device for repairing tether damage
EP0627495A1 (en) * 1993-05-10 1994-12-07 Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. Self-healing UV-barrier coating with flexible polymer substrate

Non-Patent Citations (6)

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Title
ECKERT A: "SYSTEMSTUDIE UEBER TETHERTECHNIK, TEIL 1", ZEITSCHRIFT FUR FLUGWISSENSCHAFTEN UND WELTRAUMFORSCHUNG,DFVLR. KOLN,DE, vol. 16, no. 5, 1 October 1992 (1992-10-01), pages 283 - 293, XP000321743, ISSN: 0342-068X *
FORWARD R L, HOYT R P: "Failsafe Multiline Hoytether Lifetimes", 31ST AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE JOINT PROPULSION CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT, AIAA 95-2890, 10 July 1995 (1995-07-10) - 12 July 1995 (1995-07-12), San Diego, CA, USA, pages 1 - 10, XP002156119 *
FORWARD R L: "Failsafe multistrand tether structures for space propulsion", AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE 28TH JOINT PROPULSION CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT, AIAA 92-3214, 6 July 1992 (1992-07-06) - 8 July 1992 (1992-07-08), Nashville, TN, USA, pages 1 - 15, XP002156118 *
FORWARD R L: "Tether Transport from LEO to the Lunar Surface", AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 27TH JOINT PROPULSION CONFERENCE, AIAA PAPER 91-2322, 24 July 1991 (1991-07-24) - 27 July 1991 (1991-07-27), Sacramento, CA, USA, XP002161537 *
SANMARTIN J R ET AL: "BARE WIRE ANODES FOR ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHERS", JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER,AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS. NEW YORK,US, vol. 9, no. 3, 1 May 1993 (1993-05-01), pages 353 - 360, XP000368149, ISSN: 0748-4658 *
See also references of WO9848089A1 *

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