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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
Yves Gaudette, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
Stéphane Lamoureux, Mirabel, CA;
Steve Larouche, St-Lazare, CA;
Richard Horth, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
Abstract
Provided herein is a deployable antenna assembly, a method of deploying an antenna, and systems and methods for sequentially deploying an extendable structure. The deployable antenna assembly includes an extendable pillar configured to extend in an axial direction along a deployment axis of the deployable antenna assembly to deploy an antenna. The extendable pillar includes at least one extendable element configured to convert between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration where the deployed configuration is longer in the axial direction than the stowed configuration. The extendable pillar also includes a launcher configured to initiate conversion of the plurality of extendable elements from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration, thereby extending the extendable pillar and deploying the antenna.