Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – With payload accommodation
Patent
1983-10-28
1986-12-23
Blix, Trygve M.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
With payload accommodation
244158R, 136245, 136292, B64G 144
Patent
active
046307915
ABSTRACT:
A space-based solar operated power module is configured for storage aboard a shuttle and then automatic deployment in the assigned orbit. It includes an articulated base support which is coupled to the ship's frame during deployment, and a chassis module, which also serves as a housing for electrical components of the power supply, and which is connected to the base support. A pair of oppositely extended foldable arms are movably mounted on the chassis sides and each carries an assembly of collapsible solar panels for converting incident radiant energy to electrical energy. The chassis also supports radiator panels which extend from the top of the chassis in the craft's vertical plane. At the start of deployment the shuttle's remote controlled cargo arm is used for lifting the chassis and its appendages from the hold of the ship. A trapeze and ring assembly along with a berthing adapter, forming a part of the base support, are then used for engaging the chassis to the shuttle's frame and moving the chassis to an overhead position. The solar panel assemblies, still folded, are then rotated outboard 90 degrees. The foldable arms, configured as linkages, thereafter expand outwardly from the side of the chassis for deployment of the solar panel assemblies. The entire station is then moved to a forward position after which the panel assemblies are unfurled.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3460992 (1969-08-01), Avilov et al.
patent: 4133501 (1979-01-01), Pentlicki
"A Programmable Power Processor for a 25 KW Power Module", R. E. Kapustka and J. R. Lanier, Jr., PESC Conference Record, Syracuse NY, Jun. 13-15, 1978, pp. 76-80.
"A Power Extension Package for the Shuttle Orbiter", H. C. Ness, Proceedings of the 14th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conf., Boston, Mass., Aug. 5-10, 1979, pp. 1237-1240.
Blix Trygve M.
Corl Rodney
Geib Richard G.
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Hoffman Bernard S.
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