Deployable supporting frame, and housing structure provided with such supporting frame, in particular for aerospace applications

An aerospace housing structure comprising:

• an aerospace supporting frame comprising:
• a) a plurality of rods each comprising two opposite ends, said rods being arranged so as to define two bases parallel and opposite each other, two sides, which are parallel and opposite each other and are coupled to each other by said bases,
• b) a plurality of joint nodes that couple said ends in a mutually rotating manner so as to be able to configure said supporting frame between a deployed operating condition and a compacted operating condition;
• said nodes being spaced apart from one another in the deployed operating condition and each being hinged to at least two of said rods;
• in the compacted operating condition, each of said nodes being placed side by side with two adjacent nodes, so as to be arranged in series and form, together, two supporting members arranged at opposite longitudinal ends of the supporting frame,
• a canvas, which is arranged around said supporting frame at least at one of said bases, at said sides and at said rear area, and is removably coupled to said supporting frame, when said supporting frame is in the deployed operating condition;
• rigid angle elements, which are arranged in fixed positions on said canvas, at respective vertices of the supporting frame, and are releasably coupled to said supporting frame, when said supporting frame is in the deployed operating condition;
• retention means arranged around said supporting members when said supporting frame is in the compacted operating condition, so as to maintain said nodes in positions placed side by side to each other;
• wherein said rigid angle elements are arranged between each of said supporting members and the corresponding retention means, when said supporting frame is in the compacted operating condition.

An aerospace supporting frame comprising:

• a plurality of rods each comprising two opposite ends;
• said rods being arranged so as to define two bases parallel and opposite each other, and two sides, which are parallel and opposite each other and are coupled to each other by said bases;
• a plurality of joint nodes that couple said ends in a mutually rotating manner so as to be able to configure said supporting frame between a deployed operating condition and a compacted operating condition;
• said nodes being spaced apart from one another in the deployed operating condition and each being hinged to at least two of said rods;
• in the compacted operating condition, each of said nodes being placed side by side with two adjacent nodes so as to be arranged in series and form, together, two supporting members arranged at opposite longitudinal ends of the supporting frame;
• wherein, when said supporting frame is in the compacted operating condition, for any pair of adjacent nodes, the two nodes of said pair define a first node having first shoulders and a second node having second shoulders, the first shoulders of said first node are coupled in contact respectively with the second shoulders of said second node along respective directions that are orthogonal to each other and to the corresponding first and second shoulders.

An aerospace supporting frame comprising:

• a) a plurality of rods each comprising two opposite ends, said rods being arranged so as to define two bases parallel and opposite each other, two sides, which are parallel and opposite each other and are coupled to each other by said bases;
• b) a plurality of joint nodes that couple said ends in a mutually rotating manner so as to be able to configure said supporting frame between a deployed operating condition and a compacted operating condition;
• said nodes being spaced apart from one another in the deployed operating condition and each being hinged to at least two of said rods;
• in the compacted operating condition, each of said nodes being placed side by side with two adjacent nodes so as to be arranged in series and form, together, two supporting members arranged at opposite longitudinal ends of the supporting frame;
• wherein said rods, on each of said sides and on each of said bases, form a pantograph structure,
• wherein, in the deployed operating condition, said sides have a first length and are spaced apart from each other by a first width and said bases are spaced apart from each other by a first height;
• wherein, in the compacted operating condition, said sides have a second length and are spaced apart from each other by a second width and said bases are spaced apart from each other by a second height;
• and
• wherein said first height and first width greater, respectively, than said second height and second width, and said first length is smaller than said second length.