SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Soft Mate Lifting Device (MFS-TOPS-107)
- Notice Date
- 10/5/2021 9:36:32 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NASA HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 20546 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20546
- Solicitation Number
- T2P-MSFC-00040
- Response Due
- 9/29/2022 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/14/2022
- Point of Contact
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program
- E-Mail Address
-
Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov
(Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: Innovators at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center have developed the Soft Mate system, a below-the-hook lifting device that provides initial and gentle contact between mating connections while using a crane. Cranes for lifting and lowering heavy objects are an important, sometimes essential, tool in modern industries such as construction, transportation, and manufacturing. NASA uses overhead and mobile cranes for assembly of load lines employed in full-scale testing of its Space Launch System (SLS), a super-heavy-lift launch vehicle for deep space human space exploration. Structural testing of the SLS requires precision placement of heavy objects with soft contact during mating connections, which proved to be problematic with the relatively coarse control available with motor-driven overhead cranes and existing rigging devices. In response, the Soft Mate lifting device was created to incorporate an adjustable pneumatic soft spring into the lift rigging of a crane that can maintain a neutral load while connections are assembled or disassembled. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA�s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/MFS-TOPS-107 If you have any questions, please e-mail NASA�s Technology Transfer Program at Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA�s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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- Record
- SN06151289-F 20211007/211005230104 (samdaily.us)
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