Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tape-spring deployable device with a non-constant cross section
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Application No.: US16655139Application Date: 2019-10-16
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Publication No.: US11597538B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Yannick Baudassé , François Guinot , Stéphane Vézain
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: FR1801096 20181018
- Main IPC: B64G1/22
- IPC: B64G1/22 ; B64G1/66

Abstract:
A deployable device includes a tape-spring capable of passing from a wound configuration about a first axis Z to a deployed configuration along a second axis X substantially perpendicular to the first axis Z, the tape-spring having two characteristic dimensions, a first characteristic dimension being the width of the tape-spring along the first axis Z, a second characteristic dimension being the thickness of the tape-spring along a third axis Y substantially perpendicular to the first axis Z and to the second axis X. At least one of the two characteristic dimensions has a non-constant value along the second axis X.
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