System and methods for deploying payloads
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include systems for launching primary or secondary payloads or actuating other launch vehicle or payload or instrumentation devices. The system includes an adapter assembly and at least one sequencer mounted to the adapter assembly. The sequencer includes: controller boards, each of the controller boards having a controller for controlling deployment of the payloads and data files; output ports coupled to the controller boards and configured to transmit signals from the controller boards to dispensers therethrough, deployment mechanisms containing the payloads, the adapter assembly having channels for accommodating the dispensers; and a detector coupled to the controller boards and adapted to detect an external signal and, in response to the external signal, to send an initiation signal to the controller boards. The system also includes at least one power supply coupled to the sequencer and adapted to provide an electrical power to the sequencer.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1892836
- Patent Number(s):
- 11305896
- Application Number:
- 16/005,657
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64G - COSMONAUTICS
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 06/11/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Ghassemieh, Shakib M., Ricks, Robert D., Friedericks, Charles R., Mai, Nghia, Hines, John W., Brownston, Lee S., and Ross, Shannon S. System and methods for deploying payloads. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web.
Ghassemieh, Shakib M., Ricks, Robert D., Friedericks, Charles R., Mai, Nghia, Hines, John W., Brownston, Lee S., & Ross, Shannon S. System and methods for deploying payloads. United States.
Ghassemieh, Shakib M., Ricks, Robert D., Friedericks, Charles R., Mai, Nghia, Hines, John W., Brownston, Lee S., and Ross, Shannon S. Tue .
"System and methods for deploying payloads". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892836.
@article{osti_1892836,
title = {System and methods for deploying payloads},
author = {Ghassemieh, Shakib M. and Ricks, Robert D. and Friedericks, Charles R. and Mai, Nghia and Hines, John W. and Brownston, Lee S. and Ross, Shannon S.},
abstractNote = {Embodiments of the present invention include systems for launching primary or secondary payloads or actuating other launch vehicle or payload or instrumentation devices. The system includes an adapter assembly and at least one sequencer mounted to the adapter assembly. The sequencer includes: controller boards, each of the controller boards having a controller for controlling deployment of the payloads and data files; output ports coupled to the controller boards and configured to transmit signals from the controller boards to dispensers therethrough, deployment mechanisms containing the payloads, the adapter assembly having channels for accommodating the dispensers; and a detector coupled to the controller boards and adapted to detect an external signal and, in response to the external signal, to send an initiation signal to the controller boards. The system also includes at least one power supply coupled to the sequencer and adapted to provide an electrical power to the sequencer.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
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