Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployable assembly for antennas
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Application No.: US17762673Application Date: 2019-09-24
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Publication No.: US11784415B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: José Luis Mora Plaza , Fernando José Cespedosa Castán
- Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE S.A.
- Applicant Address: ES Madrid
- Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE S.A.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Madrid
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- International Application: PCT/ES2019/070635 2019.09.24
- International Announcement: WO2021/058838A 2021.04.01
- Date entered country: 2022-03-22
- Main IPC: H01Q15/16
- IPC: H01Q15/16 ; H01Q1/12 ; H01Q1/28

Abstract:
A deployable assembly for antennae includes a structure having a reflective surface and n pairs of segments, each pair of segments corresponding to one side of a deployed polygonal shape. N hinge joints are between the two segments of a side. N hinged angular links are between every two adjacent sides. The structure is changeable from a stowed substantially cylindrical shape into a deployed substantially planar polygonal shape with n sides. A deployable boom is between two segments. The boom lays stowed between the two segments before deployment and ends in a feeder electromagnetically feeding the antenna and includes a clamping element for keeping the structure closed when stowed. The feeder acts as structural support element when stowed and electromagnetic feeder for the antenna when deployed. A cable network shapes the reflective surface, with corresponding cables held by tensor elements protruding from the back of the segments.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220359992A1 DEPLOYABLE ASSEMBLY FOR ANTENNAS Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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