Deployable structural assemblies, systems for deploying such structural assemblies
US8042305B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 25, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/2229
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A deployable structural assembly is provided along with associated deployment mechanisms and associated methods of forming and deploying the structural assembly. In one exemplary embodiment, the structural assembly includes a plurality of structural side elements formed from furlable truss structures. The truss structures may include spaced apart longitudinal members, members extending substantially transversely between the longitudinal members, and diagonal members extending between the longitudinal members at an acute angle relative thereto. A plurality of interlocking elements are located along the edges of the longitudinal members and are configured to engage interlocking elements of an adjacent structural side element. In one embodiment the truss structures may be formed to include at least one material layer having the longitudinal members, the cross-members and the diagonals formed as an integral structure. In another exemplary embodiment one or more of the structural side elements may include electronic components integrated therewith.
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