US 12,104,745 B2
Mounting flange and bracket for a space habitat
Jeffrey S. Hickerson, Erie, CO (US); Mariusz Erni Pecherzewski, Longmont, CO (US); Charles Ralph Sandy, Camden, DE (US); Jeffrey Robert Valania, Erie, CO (US); and Grant Robert Woods, Littleton, CO (US)
Assigned to Sierra Space Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Sierra Space Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,769.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,152, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002086 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01); B64G 1/60 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) [B64G 1/60 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket system for coupling a bladder of a space habitat to a cylindrical core, the bracket system comprising:
a soft goods layer configured to cover the bladder of the space habitat;
a mounting flange configured to couple at an end of the cylindrical core, the mounting flange including a lip extending around the mounting flange; and
a bracket configured to connect the soft goods layer to the mounting flange, the bracket having a first end and a second end, the first end including a pin configured to couple to the soft goods layer and the second end including a protrusion configured to latch to the lip of the mounting flange.