US 12,129,056 B2
System for the release of satellites from a launch vehicle
Aniceto Panetti, Rome (IT); Andrea Marchetti, Rome (IT); Alberto Ritorto, Rome (IT); Andrea Adriani, Rome (IT); and Luigi Scialanga, Rome (IT)
Assigned to Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Con Unico Socio, Rome (IT)
Appl. No. 17/916,179
Filed by Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Con Unico Socio, Rome (IT)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/054601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/240404, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000012415 (IT), filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141538 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B64G 1/64 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/645 (2013.01) [B64G 1/641 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A release system for release of satellites from a launch vehicle; said release system comprising:
(i) a torsion bar having a first end, which is fixed to a launch vehicle and is incapable of rotation around a longitudinal axis of the torsion bar, and a second end, which is hingedly connected to said launch vehicle and is free to rotate around said longitudinal axis;
(ii) at least one launch arm extending perpendicularly from said torsion bar and comprising (a) a torsion lever having a first end which is fixedly connected to said torsion bar and a second end, and (b) a guide having a first end rotatably connected to the second end of said torsion lever by a joint, and a second free end;
(iii) at least one slider, which is fixed to a satellite to be launched and is arranged so as to engage said guide; and
(iv) a limit stop element, which is designed to act on said torsion lever to interrupt the rotation of the launch arm around the longitudinal axis.