US 12,492,018 B2
Payload 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 Apr. 7, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/172,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/750,775, filed on Jan. 29, 2025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/575,893, filed on Apr. 8, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0313351 A1, Oct. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/642 (2023.08) [B64G 1/223 (2023.08)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A satellite separation system, said system comprising in combination:
a first ring;
a second ring;
a compression band;
wherein said first ring contains a set of spaced voussoirs arranged in a circular arch and;
said second ring contains a set of spaced voussoirs arranged in a circular arch and;
wherein said spaced voussoirs of said first ring interleave with said second ring spaced voussoirs and;
said compression band encircles said rings and compresses said voussoirs together to prevent separation of said rings and;
wherein when said compression band is released said second ring separates from said first ring along a cylindrical axis of said rings.