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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Dino C. Gonzalez, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Daniel G. Gonzalez, Topanga, CA (US);
Leslie E. Oliver, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Dino C. Gonzalez, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Daniel G. Gonzalez, Topanga, CA (US);
Leslie E. Oliver, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Communications & Power Industries, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A deployable microwave phasing structure having a plurality of sub-panels forming a non-planar reflective surface when in a deployed state. In one embodiment, the phasing structure includes a plurality of joints configured to inter-connect the plurality of sub-panels. In one embodiment, the deployable microwave phasing structure includes a folding means for arranging the phasing structure into a plurality of states, the plurality of states including the deployed state and a collapsed state, wherein the collapsed state is characterized by a substantially planar profile.