Open-lattice, foldable, self-deployable structure
US6345482B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04B2001/1987
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An open-lattice, foldable, self-deployable structure with a number of spaced, bendable longitudinal members forming cells each bounded by a portion of two spaced longitudinal members and two spaced diagonal members. The diagonal members are joined to the longitudinal members at the cell boundary intersections of the diagonal members and the longitudinal members. The longitudinal members are made of a material which bends by a predetermined amount below the material's yield point and the diagonal members are made of a material which both bends and twists by a predetermined amount below the material's yield point so that the structure can be collapsed and then self resurrected.
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