Patent ID: 9382019
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B64G

Claim Text:
1. A despin device comprising: a central base including an outer periphery having a plurality of ball grooves, with the central base further including an axial end face extending transversely to the outer periphery and extending transversely to a central axis of the central base; an outer rotational ring including a hollow interior, with the central base installed in the hollow interior, with the outer rotational ring including an inner wall face and an outer wall face, with the outer rotational ring further including a plurality of through-holes extending from the inner wall face through the outer wall face; and a despin module including a line cutter, a tensioning device, a plurality of masses, a connecting line, a plurality of cables, and a plurality of release-hitch devices, with the line cutter and the tensioning device mounted to the axial end face of the central base, with the plurality of masses symmetrically installed in the plurality of ball grooves of the central base and the plurality of through-holes of the outer rotational ring, with the connecting line connecting the plurality of masses, with the connecting line extending through the line cutter and tensioned by the tensioning device, with the plurality of cables wrapped around the outer periphery of the central base, with each of the plurality of cables including a first end attached to one of the plurality of masses and a second end, with each of the plurality of release-hitch devices including a hitch member fixed to the central base and a disengagement member releasably engaged with the hitch member and fixed to the second end of one of the plurality of cables.