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US 2012/0234982 A1Published application
Retractable Plane Structure, and Satellite Comprising Such a Structure
AssigneeThales
InventorRodolphe KRAWCZYK
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Abstract
A retractable plane structure includes an unfoldable membrane linked to N main assemblies of n main rods connected end-to-end by n−1 articulations respectively equipped with a deployment means, and further includes at least one intermediate assembly of n intermediate rods, less bulky than said main rods, connected end-to-end by n−1 articulations.
Claims9
A retractable plane structure, comprising:
- an unfoldable membrane linked to N main assemblies of n main rods connected end-to-end by n−1 articulations respectively equipped with a deployment means, and
- at least one intermediate assembly of n intermediate rods, less bulky than said main rods, connected end-to-end by n−1 articulations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.