Deployable structures having collapsible structural members

Details Deployable structures having collapsible structural members Deployable structures having collapsible structural members

2011-02-28

2011-11-29

Dinh, Tien (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

With solar panel

C244S159400, C244S159500, C244S159600, C244S172600

Reexamination Certificate

active

08066227

ABSTRACT:
Deployable structures are disclosed having collapsible structural members that include a stowed configuration with a volume smaller than the expanded configuration. Such structures can include and/or be used for litters, bridges, support structures, solar arrays, and more. These structures can be easily transported to a new location and deployed from the stowed configuration into a larger functional structure. In some embodiments these structures can use one or more slit-tube longerons that can have two resting states: deployed and rolled.

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