Patent ID: 11873122
Assignee: BLUE ORIGIN, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 26:
27. An aerospace system comprising:
a portion of a launch vehicle;
one or more landing support elements carried by the portion of the launch vehicle and positioned to support the portion of the launch vehicle when the portion of the launch vehicle lands on a landing surface;
a bonding device carried by at least one of the landing support elements and configured to form a weld between the bonding device and the landing surface when the portion of the launch vehicle is on the landing surface, wherein the bonding device includes an anchor element and an energetic material; and
a controller programmed with instructions that, when executed, determine at least one of (a) whether the launch vehicle portion has touched down or (b) whether a propulsion system of the launch vehicle portion has been shut off, and in response to the determination, activating the energetic material;
wherein upon activation of the energetic material, the energetic material is positioned to deform at least a portion of the anchor element toward the landing surface to form the weld.