Patent ID: 11884427
Assignee: BLUE ORIGIN, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 30:
31. An aerospace system comprising:
a launch vehicle portion;
one or more landing support elements carried by the launch vehicle portion and positioned to support the launch vehicle portion upon the launch vehicle portion landing on a landing surface; and
a fastening mechanism carried by at least one of the landing support elements and configured to fasten the at least one landing support element to the landing surface when the launch vehicle portion is on the landing surface;
wherein the fastening mechanism comprises:
a barrel structure positioned to receive a stud and an energetic material, the barrel structure having a breech portion and a muzzle portion; and
a plate element comprising an interference portion positioned to capture the stud upon activation of the energetic material, wherein the interference portion comprises a hole in the plate element, and wherein at least part of the hole has a smaller inner diameter than an inner diameter of the muzzle portion;

and wherein the barrel structure includes a second interference portion positioned to receive the stud upon activation of the energetic material.