Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for deployable sparse-aperture telescopes
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Application No.: US14865646Application Date: 2015-09-25
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Publication No.: US10241293B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Bryan M. Reid , Mark Silver , Robert Martinez , Alan Decew , Adam Shabshelowitz , Michael Chrisp
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Smith Baluch LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/66
- IPC: B64G1/66 ; G02B17/08 ; G02B23/16 ; G02B7/182 ; G02B7/183

Abstract:
An imaging system includes a metering structure and a plurality of foldable members disposed around a periphery of the metering structure. Each foldable member in the plurality of foldable members includes an arm comprising a strain deployable composite and a reflector disposed on the arm. The arm in a respective foldable member in the plurality of foldable members is configured to hold the respective foldable member toward the metering structure in a first state and to hold the respective foldable member away from the metering structure in a second state such that the reflector of the respective foldable member forms part of a sparse aperture in the second state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180106981A1 Methods and Apparatus for Deployable Sparse-Aperture Telescopes Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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