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US 2016/0023781 A1Published application
Tape spring deployable structure
AssigneeThales
InventorsYannick BAUDASSE, Stéphane VEZAIN, François GUINOT
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Abstract
A deployable structure comprises: a support, a tape spring fixed to the support, able to pass from a wound configuration wound about an axis Z, to a deployed configuration, and a mobile arm able to rotate with respect to the support about the Z-axis, able to form a first contact with the tape spring so as to control the deployment of the tape spring.
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A deployable structure, comprising:
- a support,
- a tape spring fixed to the support, able to pass from a wound configuration wound about an axis Z, to a deployed configuration, the tape spring having two ends,
- a mobile arm able to rotate with respect to the support about the Z-axis, able to form a first contact with the tape spring so as to control the deployment of the tape spring, wherein the tape spring is fixed between its two ends to a fixing point on the support,
- wherein the arm is able to form a second contact with the tape spring so as to control the deployment of the tape spring,
- wherein a first end is able to deploy with respect to the fixing point along a first axis perpendicular to the Z axis in a first direction, and
- wherein a second end is able to unfold along a second axis perpendicular to the Z axis in a second direction different from the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.