Deployment mechanism with integral actuation device
US11858665B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/459
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus includes an integral, additively manufactured, actuation device having a rigid portion comprising a shaped structural member and a flexible portion comprising a helical torsion spring. In a spacecraft application, a spacecraft appendage may be coupled with a deployment mechanism, the deployment mechanism including at least one integral, additively manufactured, actuation device having a rigid portion comprising a shaped structural member and a flexible portion comprising a helical torsion spring.
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