Deployable Structure And Hinge Structure
AssigneeTechnosolver Corporation
InventorsKazuyuki NAKAMURA, Nobuko NAKAMURA
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Abstract
A first member and a second member of a hinge unit are rotatably connected to each other via a rotation shaft. The first member includes a support portion. The first member is connected to an end edge portion of a first structure slidably in a predetermined sliding direction, and the second member is connected to an end edge portion of a second structure. An urging member is disposed between the support portion and the first structure. When transitioning from a folded state to a deployed state, the urging member urges and moves the first structure in the sliding direction toward the second structure, and at least a part of the hinge unit sinks into an inside from an outside of the first structure.
Claims9
A deployable structure comprising a first structure, a second structure, and a hinge unit that connects the first structure and the second structure rotatably to cause the first structure and the second structure to transition from a folded state to a deployed state, the first structure and the second structure being disposed side by side with each other with end edge portions facing each other in the deployed state,
- wherein the hinge unit comprises a first member and a second member rotatably connected to each other via a rotation shaft, and an urging member,
- the first member includes a support portion and is connected to the end edge portion of the first structure slidably in a predetermined sliding direction, and the second member is connected to the end edge portion of the second structure, and
- the urging member is disposed between the support portion and the first structure, the urging member urges and moves the first structure in the sliding direction toward the second structure when transitioning from the folded state to the deployed state, and at least a part of the hinge unit sinks into an inside from an outside of the first structure.
A hinge structure comprising a first bracket, a second bracket, and a hinge unit that connects the first bracket and the second bracket rotatably to cause the first bracket and the second bracket to transition from a folded state to a deployed state,
- the hinge unit comprises a first member and a second member that are rotatably connected to each other via a rotation shaft, and an urging member,
- the first member includes a support portion, and is connected to the first bracket slidably in a predetermined sliding direction, and the second member is connected to the second bracket, and
- the urging member is disposed between the support portion and the first bracket, the urging member urges and moves the first bracket in the sliding direction toward the second bracket when transitioning from the folded state to the deployed state, and at least a part of the hinge unit sinks into an inside from an outside of the first bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.