Deployable antenna reflector
AssigneeAstrium GmbH
InventorsManfred Schmid, Dietmar Scheulen, Reiner Barho, Peter Weimer
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Abstract
A deployable antenna reflector comprising a central dish and a plurality of deployable sheet-like panels arranged around the central dish. The reflector further comprises a central supporting body, whereon the central dish is fixedly mounted and whereto the deployable sheet-like panels are hinged. The rotation axes of the individual deployable sheet-like panels are tilted with respect to the center point of the central dish. In the stowed configuration of the reflector, the deployable sheet-like panels are at least partially deflected in order to minimize the envelope of the reflector and that the panels relax upon deployment.
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A deployable antenna reflector, comprising:
- a central dish fixedly mounted on a central supporting body;
- a plurality of deployable sheet-like panels hinged to said central supporting body and arranged around the central dish;
- wherein the rotation axes of each of individual ones of said deployable sheet-like panels are tilted with respect to a center point of the central dish, and wherein, in a stowed configuration of the reflector, the deployable sheet-like panels are at least partially deflected in order to minimize an envelope of the reflector and the panels relax upon entering a deployment configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.