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US 2021/0198885 A1Published application
Photoinitiation-based deployable structures
AssigneeHelios Applied Science Inc.
InventorAlfram V. BRIGHT
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to deployable structures and methods of use thereof. In particular, deployable structures with non-cylindrical or irregular shapes and methods of use thereof are disclosed. Non-cylindrical combustion elements can be used to rigidize such non-cylindrical or irregular shapes. The use of gaseous oxidizers along with deployable structures is also disclosed.
Claims1
A rapid deployment structure system comprising:
- a photo-curing structural composite material having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration;
- a plurality of structural elements, wherein the photo-curing structural composite material is operably linked to at least two structural elements;
- at least one inflation chamber, wherein the at least one inflation chamber is adapted to force the structural elements apart when the at least one inflation chamber is filled with a fluid thereby stretching the photo-curing structural composite material to its expanded configuration, and wherein the structural elements define the expanded configuration of the photo-curing structural composite material;
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- a light-generating component adapted to generate light via a combustion reaction, wherein the light-generating component includes at least one combustion element.
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