GRAVITY CHAMBER THAT ROTATES ON SUPPORT BEARINGS MOUNTED ON AN INNER SURFACE OF A HULL OF A HABITATION MODULE

GRAVITY CHAMBER THAT ROTATES ON SUPPORT BEARINGS MOUNTED ON AN INNER SURFACE OF A HULL OF A HABITATION MODULE

A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an outer cylindrical wall and opposing side walls. The gravity chamber attaches to a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing in...

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Hauptverfasser: Engle James Michael, Heiman Karl David, Swartzell Patrick A, Dharmaraj Raju
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Zusammenfassung:A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an outer cylindrical wall and opposing side walls. The gravity chamber attaches to a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an outer race attached to an inner surface of the hull, and an inner race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the inner race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.