Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheath-based rollable lenticular-shaped and low-stiction composite boom
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Application No.: US15245515Application Date: 2016-08-24
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Publication No.: US09863148B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Juan M. Fernandez
- Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Andrea Z. Warmbier; Robin W. Edwards; Mark P. Dvorscak
- Main IPC: E04H12/18
- IPC: E04H12/18 ; E04C3/00 ; B64G1/22 ; B29C65/48 ; B29L23/00

Abstract:
Various embodiments provide rollable and deployable composite booms that may be used in a wide range of applications both for space and terrestrial structural solutions. Various embodiment composite booms may be bistable, i.e. having a stable strain energy minimum in the coiled configuration as well as the in the deployed configuration. In various embodiments, a boom may be fabricated by aligning two independent tape-springs front-to-front encircled by a durable seamless polymer sleeve. The durable seamless polymer sleeve may allow the two tape-springs to slide past each other during the coiling/deployment process so as to reduce, e.g., minimize, shear and its derived problems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170058524A1 Sheath-Based Rollable Lenticular-Shaped and Low-Stiction Composite Boom Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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