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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Opterus Research and Development, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas W. Murphey, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Edward Smutney, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel Hunt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Opterus Research and Development, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A retractable mast solar array includes a collapsible boom extensible by a boom deployer. At least one foldable upper arm assembly is coupled to the collapsible boom. At least one foldable lower arm assembly coupled to the collapsible boom. A foldable solar array includes two or more columns of blanket elements, each column of blanket elements is affixed at one end to the at least one foldable upper arm assembly and at an opposite end to the at least one foldable lower arm assembly. In a stowed state, the two or more columns of blanket elements are stowed folded in either or both of the at least one foldable upper arm assembly or the at least one foldable lower arm assembly, and in a deployed state, the two or more columns of blanket elements are unfolded to a deployed solar array.