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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1983
Thomas C Taylor, Wrightwood, CA (US);
Aeritalia, Torino, IT;
Other;
Abstract
An expandable spacecraft is provided which includes at least one main generally cylindrical body member. This body member comprises a generally waffle-type structure which includes a plurality of flanges extending generally radially from the body member. An auxiliary housing is provided which is adapted to increase the volume of the body member. The auxiliary housing is connected to the main body member and is slidably and telescopically received therein. The main body portion and auxiliary housing member can be provided in a compact state with a predetermined volume or can be expanded by extending the housing outwardly from the main body member to increase the volume of the assembly to a desired degree.
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