Deployable structure

Details Deployable structure Deployable structure

2005-09-13

2005-09-13

Glessner, Brian E. (Department: 3635)

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Preassembled subenclosure or substructure section of unit or...

Collapsible for ease of transport

C052S063000, C052S081100, C135S128000, C135S143000

Reexamination Certificate

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06941704

ABSTRACT:
A deployable structure includes a structural mechanism consisting of a plurality of rigid links1connected together by rotational joints2to form an array of Bennett linkages20.The Bennett linkages20are interconnected so that the structural mechanism, including all the Bennett linkages20,has a single degree of mobility. The structural mechanism has a profile with a curvature that varies during movement to deploy the structure from a state in which its profile is flat to a state in which its profile is curved. This allows is very convenient as the structure may be assembled, stored and/or transported in the flat state, prior to deployment into the curved state. As such the structure has many application including the frame for a tent.

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