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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Edward J. Simburger, Agoura, CA (US);
James H. Matsumoto, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas W. Giants, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Alec Garcia, Iii, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Alan R. Perry, Conifer, CA (US);
Suraj Rawal, Littleton, CO (US);
Craig H. Marshall, Littleton, CO (US);
John K. H. Lin, Middletown, DE (US);
Jonathan Robert Day, Dover, DE (US);
Thomas W. Kerslake, Strongsville, OH (US);
Stephen E. Scarborough, Seaford, DE (US);
Edward J. Simburger, Agoura, CA (US);
James H. Matsumoto, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas W. Giants, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Alec Garcia, III, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Alan R. Perry, Conifer, CA (US);
Suraj Rawal, Littleton, CO (US);
Craig H. Marshall, Littleton, CO (US);
John K. H. Lin, Middletown, DE (US);
Jonathan Robert Day, Dover, DE (US);
Thomas W. Kerslake, Strongsville, OH (US);
Stephen E. Scarborough, Seaford, DE (US);
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
ILC Dover, LP, Frederica, DE (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A flexible inflatable hinge includes curable resin for rigidly positioning panels of solar cells about the hinge in which wrap around contacts and flex circuits are disposed for routing power from the solar cells to the power bus further used for grounding the hinge. An indium tin oxide and magnesium fluoride coating is used to prevent static discharge while being transparent to ultraviolet light that cures the embedded resin after deployment for rigidizing the inflatable hinge.