Space based rotating film solar battery array
OwnerShangli Huanginventor
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Abstract
A self rotating deployed film solar battery array includes film solar batteries, electrical cables, a center axle and connecting lines. A plurality of long strip shaped film solar batteries radiate to form a circle or a polygon-array. Two adjacent film solar batteries are linked by connecting lines. Each film solar battery is linked to the center axle by electrical cables. The film solar batteries are deployed and maintained in an array shape by a self rotating centrifugal force in space. The film solar batteries are coiling outside the surface of the center axle before their deployment. The unit weight of a thin film battery is only 1/30 of a traditional solar cell paddle.
Claims13
A self-rotating deployed film solar battery array, comprising:
- a plurality of film solar batteries;
- a plurality of electrical cables;
- a center axle positioned at a center of the array;
- and
- a plurality of connecting lines,
- wherein:
- the plurality of film solar batteries radiate to form a circle or a polygon array;
- each two adjacent film solar batteries being linked by connecting lines, each film solar battery being linked to the center axle by electrical cables;
- the plurality of film solar batteries being deployed and maintained in an array shape by centrifugal force in space;
- the film solar batteries are coiled on an outer surface of the center axle before deployment thereof;
- and
- the film solar battery array is used in spacecraft,
- wherein:
- each film solar battery array is shaped into a matrix of which a length-to-width ratio is greater than three, each film solar battery having an inside reinforcing rod positioned at a first end of the film solar battery adjacent the center axle and an outside reinforcing rod positioned at a second end of the film solar battery opposite the first end, an outer ring connecting line connecting ends of two adjacent outside reinforcing rods;
- an inner ring connecting line connecting two adjacent inside reinforcing rods at junctions M, N, respectively, each of junctions M, N being spaced away from a respective end of the corresponding inside reinforcing rod at a distance that equals to 25%-30% of a length of the corresponding inside reinforcing rod, each inner ring connecting line having a length equals to 50%-60% of the length of the corresponding inside reinforcing rods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.