Prototype probe-and-drogue attachment mechanism connects and disconnects parts quickly and locks them together positively. Probe intended to be capturing stud, and drogue is mating recess in panel to be captured, as described in "Easy Attachment Of Panels To A Truss" (LAR-14478). Accommodates large alignment error when parts brought together.
Probe And Drogue For Quick Attachment And Detachment
NASA Tech Briefs ; 16 , 4
1992-04-01
Miscellaneous
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English
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