Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Panel or array
Patent
1994-05-02
1996-05-28
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Panel or array
136246, 136292, 244173, H01L 31045
Patent
active
055207472
ABSTRACT:
A low concentration solar array for spacecraft and other uses which has a series of solar panels which can be deployed from a folded stowed configuration to a planar configuration. When the solar panels are stowed, the padding of reflector panels cushions and protects the solar panels from the stresses and vibrations of launch and space flight. Once the solar panels are extended into a deployed planar configuration, the reflector panels are raised to concentrate sunlight upon the solar panels. These reflector panels are constructed from rigid honeycomb substrates and therefore are the active structural members of the solar array, providing the structural rigidity for the solar array.
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Astro Aerospace Corporation
Weisstuch Aaron
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