US 12,030,675 B2
Impact driver separation device and method
Michael David Johnson, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to REPRISE SPACE SOLUTIONS, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by REPRISE SPACE SOLUTIONS, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,749.
Application 18/514,749 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/493,556, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,250, filed on Oct. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083601 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B64G 1/64 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/645 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A satellite deployment impact driver separation system, comprising:
a first payload side element;
a second launch vehicle side element;
a first payload side bolt or nut;
a second launch vehicle side nut or bolt; and
a dedicated collocated impact actuator,
wherein said first payload side element and said second launch vehicle side element are joined by said first payload side bolt or nut and said second launch vehicle side nut or bolt respectively,
wherein said dedicated collocated impact actuator dedicatedly connects to said first payload side bolt or nut or said second launch vehicle side nut or bolt respectively,
said dedicated collocated impact actuator permits removal of said first payload side bolt or nut from said second launch vehicle side nut or bolt respectively for separation of said first payload side element and said launch vehicle side second element.