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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Horst Bansemir, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Buchs, Valley, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428229 ; 136245 ; 136292 ; 428109 ; 428114 ; 428258 ; 4284735 ; 4284747 ;
Abstract
A carrier membrane supports area covering solar cells and, preferably, is used for energy supply on a spacecraft. The membrane is stretched in a frame between two opposite sides and consists of plastic sheeting covered by a fiber-reinforced plastic fabric. To save weight, prevent insulation problems and thereby increase service reliability, the fabric is made of plastic reinforced with aromatic polyamide fibers in the form of woven crossing bands. The bands extend in the direction in which the membrane is stretched and transversely of the stretched direction. The bands extending in the stretched direction provide greater surface coverage than the bands extending transversely to