Multi-direction deployable antenna
US11990665B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2022 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q21/062
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An antenna system for space applications provides a membrane antenna with one or more flexible membranes. An antenna enclosure stores the membrane antenna during stowage. One or more first deployable support structures extend along a first axis from the antenna enclosure during deployment, at least a first point of the membrane antenna being operably anchored to a point on the first deployable support structures. Deployment mechanisms are operably anchored at a junction with the first deployable support structures. The deployment mechanisms extend one or more second deployable support structures along a second axis from the first deployable support structures during deployment. At least a second point of the membrane antenna is operably anchored to a point on the second deployable support structures. Extension of the first deployable support structures and second deployable support structures unfurls the membrane antenna along both axes to overlap the junction.
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