Coupler for two moving vehicles gradually orients and retains target vehicle, avoiding any abrupt contact with parent vehicle. Mechanism gently releases captured vehicle with approximate speed and direction of parent vehicle. Coupler may be applicable to deployment and retrieval of oceanographic research equipment and vessels or coupling of aircraft in flight.
Coupler for moving vehicles
NASA Tech Briefs ; 3 , 3
1979-01-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
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