Antenna device and artificial satellite
AssigneeArkEdge Space Inc.
InventorsAsuka Tatara, Hiroshi Yano
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Abstract
To enable element holders to be arranged so as to be positioned at predetermined intervals when deployed. An antenna device 1 can be in an accommodated state of being accommodated in a casing and in a deployed state of extending to an outside from the casing. The antenna device 1 includes an extension shaft member 20 accommodated in a casing 10 in a state of being retracted in an axial direction, a plurality of element holders 30 each including an opening and stacked in the casing 10 in a state of the extension shaft member 20 being inserted through the openings, an antenna element 40 deployably held by the element holder 30, and a holding member that couples the plurality of element holders 30 to each other.
Claims13
An antenna device capable of being in an accommodated state of being accommodated in a casing and in a deployed state of extending to an outside from the casing, the antenna device comprising:
- an extension shaft member accommodated in the casing in a state of being retracted from a casing opening of the casing in an axial direction;
- a plurality of element holders including element holder openings and stacked in the casing in a state of the extension shaft member being inserted through the element holder openings;
- an antenna element deployably held by an element holder of the plurality of element holders;
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- a holding member configured to couple the plurality of element holders to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.