Hinge for deployable structures self locking hinge
US4393541A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32409
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A two-piece hinge which is spring biased in both its folded position and in its unfolded or deployed position to provide built-in deployment power for structural members and which is provided with trigger/locking mechanisms which are held in an unlocked position when the hinge and the structural members are in their folded position and which triggers and releases the locking mechanisms to lock the hinge in its unfolded or deployed position for positive locking capability. Two trigger-locking mechanisms are used for redundancy.
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