Patent · US Expired

Transmission for moving panels provided with solar cells on a spacecraft

US6008447A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

René Meurer · Bruckmühl, DE
Albert Gietl · Brannenburg, DE
Markus Reindl · Dachau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 1998
Grant date	Dec 28, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S136/292
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transmission for folding out the solar cell panels (3 through 7) folded in an accordion-like manner on a spacecraft (1) has cable pulleys (22 through 27) at the hinges (9 through 14), around pairs of which pulleys endless cables (29 through 33) are wound. To adapt its change in length during temperature changes to the change in the length of the panels (3 through 7) and to increase its rigidity to elongation, the cable (29 through 33) is provided with a plastic sheathing (47, 48) firmly connected to same outside the area of the cable pulleys (22 through 27).

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