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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:
Jul. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G Bannon, Rockford, IL (US);
Leslie L Bevans, Roscoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165 41 ; 165 86 ; 244163 ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
An arrangement for mounting a panel on a spacecraft employs a spring sheet which serves to mount one end of the panel to the spacecraft for pivoting the panel with respect to spacecraft and which is capable of storing spring energy for actuating the panel to pivot it from one of a stowed position and a deployed position to the other. In the preferred embodiment, the panel is a radiator for rejecting waste heat into outer space from a dynamic isotope power system of the spacecraft.