Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extendable solar array for a spacecraft system
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Application No.: US14878883Application Date: 2015-10-08
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Publication No.: US09856039B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: John Luther Abrams , Matthew Ernest Duchek , Alberto Paz , Ryan Allen Harbach
- Applicant: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Hampton
- Assignee: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Hampton
- Agency: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64G1/44
- IPC: B64G1/44 ; B64G1/22 ; B64G1/66

Abstract:
A spacecraft system may include a storage portion (e.g., a first portion and a second portion) and a solar array apparatus that may be configurable in at least a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The solar array apparatus may include at least one solar array to collect incident radiation when the solar array apparatus is in the deployed configuration. In one or more embodiments, the at least one solar array may extend away from the storage portion. In one or more embodiments, the at least one solar array may extend between the first portion and the second portion. The solar array apparatus may also include an extendable boom operable to extend the at least one solar array apparatus from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160122041A1 EXTENDABLE SOLAR ARRAY Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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