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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Sarma N. Gullapalli, Centerville, VA (US);
Sarma N. Gullapalli, Centerville, VA (US);
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention generally relates to an apparatus for deploying a segmented reflector antenna. The apparatus includes a plurality of segments that can be rigid or flexible where each segment is hinged to an adjacent segment on either longitudinal side. The apparatus also includes a base, a plurality of inner deployment beams, and a plurality of outer deployment beams. Each inner deployment beam connects an inner side of a respective segment to the base and having a folded position and an extended position. Each outer deployment beam connects an outside side of a respective segment to the base and has a folded position and an extended position. The plurality of segments in a hinged folded position in response to the plurality of inner deployment beams being in the folded position and the outer deployment beams being in the folded position.