Deployable solar array for small spacecraft
US10793296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/52
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure provides, among other things, a deployable solar array comprising: an array of electromagnetic transducer devices such as photovoltaic devices; and a flexible, elongated, rectangular sheet for supporting the array of electromagnetic transducer devices composed of a composite laminate having a predetermined pattern of graphite fiber plies which impart a predefined tension in the planar surface of the sheet so that it curls into a planar sheet with a uniform radius of curvature along its major axis.
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