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- Patent Title: Wrinkle free foldable reflectors made with composite materials
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Application No.: US17183550Application Date: 2021-02-24
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Publication No.: US11892661B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Thomas W. Murphey , Patrick Alexander Rodriguez
- Applicant: Opterus Research and Development, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Fort Collins
- Assignee: Opterus Research and Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Opterus Research and Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Fort Collins
- Agency: Harris Beach PLLC
- Main IPC: G02B5/10
- IPC: G02B5/10 ; G02B27/00 ; B64G1/44

Abstract:
A doubly curved reflector for compact storage in a folded state includes a plurality of gores, each gore having on either long side a gore side curve. At least one hinge is mechanically coupled between each adjacent gore, the at least one hinge including a fold roll hinge or a living hinge. In a stowed doubly curved reflector state each gore folds about the at least one hinge when folded closed such that a face surface of each gore folds against an adjacent face surface of another gore into a substantially cylindrical structure. In a deployed doubly curved reflector state, each hinge. A doubly curved reflector for compact storage in a folded state and a locked open state, a method of manufacture, and a method for designing a substantially wrinkle free doubly curved foldable reflector having gores of a composite material are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210271007A1 WRINKLE FREE FOLDABLE REFLECTORS MADE WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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