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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:
Mar. 24, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Viale, Fayence, FR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H / ; E05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244173 ; 52110 ; 52645 ; 160213 ;
Abstract
A system for maintaining in a folded position a set of elements that are hinged to one another and to a structure (e.g. solar panels on a spacecraft), which elements are capable of occupying either said folded position in which said elements form a stack, or else a deployed position in which said elements are in end-to-end alignment, said system comprising: