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Adaptively positioned solar array

US6227497A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64G1/363
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Solar array with movable parts that are faced toward the sun during times of the orbit distant from the debris field. When the orbit is within the debris field, the panels are faced edge on to the direction of the orbit.

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