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- Patent Title: Deployable reflectarray antenna structure
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Application No.: US16356527Application Date: 2019-03-18
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Publication No.: US10763569B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Thomas J. Harvey , Toby J. Harvey , Leslie A. Seal
- Applicant: MMA Design, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Louisville
- Assignee: M.M.A. Design, LLC
- Current Assignee: M.M.A. Design, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Louisville
- Agency: Holzer Patel Drennan
- Main IPC: H01Q1/12
- IPC: H01Q1/12 ; H01Q15/14 ; H01Q15/20 ; H01Q1/08 ; H01Q15/16 ; H01Q1/28

Abstract:
The invention is directed to deployable reflectarray antenna structure. In one embodiment, the deployable reflectarray antenna structure includes a pair of flexible electrical elements, a feed antenna, and a deployment mechanism that employs a plurality of tapes to respectively transition the pair of flexible electrical elements from an undeployed state in which the elements are folded towards a deployed state in which the deployment mechanism and electrical elements cooperate to form a reflectarray and a subreflector of a reflectarray antenna structure. Further, the deployment mechanism also operates to position the reflectarray and subreflector relative to one another and to the feed antenna so as to realize a reflectarray antenna structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190280364A1 Deployable Reflectarray Antenna Structure Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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