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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Bryan M. Reid, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Mark Silver, Bedford, MA (US);
Robert Martinez, Providence, RI (US);
Alan Decew, West Newton, MA (US);
Adam Shabshelowitz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Chrisp, Burlington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An imaging system includes a metering structure and a plurality of foldable members disposed around a periphery of the metering structure. Each foldable member in the plurality of foldable members includes an arm comprising a strain deployable composite and a reflector disposed on the arm. The arm in a respective foldable member in the plurality of foldable members is configured to hold the respective foldable member toward the metering structure in a first state and to hold the respective foldable member away from the metering structure in a second state such that the reflector of the respective foldable member forms part of a sparse aperture in the second state.