- Patent Title: Deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna
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Application No.: US16295615Application Date: 2019-03-07
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Publication No.: US10971793B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Thomas J. Harvey , Toby J. Harvey , Mitchell T. Wiens , Mark A. Bailey , Shane E. Stamm , Christopher A. Pelzmann
- Applicant: M.M.A. Design, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Louisville
- Assignee: M.M.A. Design, LLC
- Current Assignee: M.M.A. Design, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Louisville
- Agency: Holzer Patel Drennan
- Main IPC: H01Q1/08
- IPC: H01Q1/08 ; H01Q1/28 ; B64G1/22 ; H01Q15/16 ; H01Q1/12 ; H01Q3/46 ; B64G1/66 ; H01Q15/14

Abstract:
A deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna is provided that includes a flexible reflectarray and a deployment structure that includes an endless pantograph for deploying the flexible reflectarray from a folded, undeployed state towards a deployed state in which the flexible reflectarray is substantially planar. In a particular embodiment, the deployment structure includes a plurality of tapes that engage the endless pantograph and are used to establish a positional relationship between the deployed reflectarray and another component of the reflectarray antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190207291A1 Deployable Structure for Use in Establishing a Reflectarray Antenna Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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