Process for fabricating lightweight, rigid solar array substrate

Details Process for fabricating lightweight, rigid solar array substrate Process for fabricating lightweight, rigid solar array substrate

1980-08-29

1985-11-19

Weston, Caleb

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

156210, 156245, 156292, B32B 3120

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045540381

ABSTRACT:
A process for constructing a strong, ultra lightweight support substrate for use in outer space applications for support and protection of items, such as solar cells, in both stored and deployed configurations. The process provides for forming a series of elongated, parallel ribs in polyimide films with the selective application of heat, pressure and vacuum to the films. The sheets are bonded back-to-back with the ribs oriented at right angles to produce the substrate.

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patent: 4103059 (1978-07-01), Kautz
patent: 4232658 (1980-11-01), Gessford

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