US 12,077,324 B2
Method for assembling a plurality of devices on a satellite structure and satellite structure supporting a plurality of devices
Catherine Berthomieu, Toulouse (FR); Carole Chossiere, Toulouse (FR); Andrew Walker, Toulouse (FR); Franck Levallois, Toulouse (FR); and Vincent Claudet, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Appl. No. 17/785,628
Filed by AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, Toulouse (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085162
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122184, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1914668 (FR), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050562 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/64 (2013.01) [B64G 1/10 (2013.01); B64G 1/223 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assembling a plurality of devices on a support structure of an artificial satellite, comprising successive steps of:
attaching, via attachment members, each of said devices to a first face of a plate, said plate being drilled with a through-hole provided, at said first face of the plate, with a fluid connector;
on a second face of the plate opposite said first face, depositing a continuous peripheral bead of a first polymerisable adhesive composition and, within the perimeter formed by said peripheral bead, depositing a plurality of discontinuous and disjointed inner beads of a second polymerisable adhesive composition, the through-hole being included within said perimeter formed by the peripheral bead;
pressing said second face of the plate against a continuous face of said support structure;
performing suction, via said fluid connector, so as to create a negative pressure between said plate and said support structure, in the volume delimited by said peripheral bead;
at least partially polymerising each of said polymerisable adhesive compositions so as to form adhesive joints between said second face of the plate and said support structure; and
interrupting the suction.