Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Large-scale deployable solar array
- Patent Title (中): 大型可部署太阳能电池阵列
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Application No.: US11695163Application Date: 2007-04-02
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Publication No.: US07806370B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Neal Beidleman , Gregg Freebury , Will Francis , Mark Lake , Rory Barrett , Philip N. Keller , Robert Taylor
- Applicant: Neal Beidleman , Gregg Freebury , Will Francis , Mark Lake , Rory Barrett , Philip N. Keller , Robert Taylor
- Applicant Address: US CO Lafayette
- Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Composite Technology Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Lafayette
- Agency: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/44
- IPC: B64G1/44
Abstract:
A deployable structure is disclosed. The deployable structure may include one or more slit-tube longerons; and one or more flat sheets coupled with the one or more slit-tube longerons. The one or more slit-tube longerons and the one or more flat sheets may be stowed by rolling the one or more slit-tube longerons and the one or more flat sheets together into a roll. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the one or more slit-tube longerons may be exposed when stowed. In another embodiment, the one or more slit-tube longerons may be manufactured from a shape memory material. These slit-tube longerons unroll into to a straight configuration when exposed to heat.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070262204A1 Large-Scale Deployable Solar Array Public/Granted day:2007-11-15
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