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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Max D Benton, Goleta, CA (US);
P Alan Jones, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Brian Spence, Solvang, CA (US);
Earl McCutcheon, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Carl Devillier, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEC-Able Engineering Co., Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136245 ; 136251 ; 136292 ;
Abstract
A solar array with a blanket having solar cells incorporated in modules that can readily be removed, replaced, and accordion-folded to a stowed condition. A scissors array having tracks in which scissors linkages are slidingly fitted enables the array to be stowed or deployed from a container in which the module are interleaved with soft, compressed leaves that protect the blanket from inertial forces during handling and launching.