Foldable and deployable assembly of elements mounted on board a spacecraft
AssigneeEADS Space Transportation GmbH
InventorsChristian Desagulier, Patrick Cordier, Stéphane Baril
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
According to invention, said elements (1.1 to 1.n) are secured to the same side (3) of a flexible inflatable mattress (4) and, when said elements are in the folded state, said mattress (4) is in the deflated state and is folded so that said elements are situated in pairs on either side of a fold (5.1 to 5.n−1) of said mattress.
Claims10
An assembly comprising at least two elements and a mattress, said assembly for being mounted on board a spacecraft, said elements for occupying relative to one another either a folded state or a deployed state, wherein said at least two elements are secured to a same side of said flexible inflated mattress and wherein, when said at least two elements are in the folded state, said mattress is in the deflated state and is folded so that said at least two elements are situated in pairs on either side of a fold of said mattress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.