United Technologies Corporation

Aerojet Rocketdyne of De, Inc.

James A McClanahan

Joseph P Carroll

Andrew J Zillmer

Patrick Edward Frye

Cheng-Yi Lu

William Determan

Kenneth John Metcalf

Rick L Howerton

Charles Thomas Kudija

A heat rejection system includes a plurality of panel subassemblies and a solid state heat pipe flex joint. Each panel subassembly includes a fin, a solid state heat pipe manifold, a first solid state heat pipe tube operatively connected to the solid state heat pipe manifold and secured to the fin, a second solid state heat pipe tube operatively connected to the solid state heat pipe manifold adjacent to the first solid state heat pipe and secured to the fin. The solid state heat pipe flex joint operably connects the solid state heat pipe manifolds of two of the plurality of panel subassemblies in a hermetically sealed configuration, and is configured to permit repositioning of the two panel subassemblies relative to each other.

Solid state heat pipe heat rejection system for space power systems

A deployable electromagnetic concentrator comprises a facet stem hub assembly having at least one rotatable segment and a plurality of facets stems coupled thereto. At least one of the facet stems is coupled to at least one of the rotatable segments. The concentrator further comprises a plurality of facet stems, each being coupled to a different one of the rotatable segments for rotating the plurality of facets from a substantially overlapping configuration to a substantially non-overlapping configuration.

Deployable electromagnetic concentrator

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Woodland Hills, CA, United States of America

James A McClanahan