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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:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Douglas V. Mckinnon, Montgomery Township, NJ (US);
David M. Brown, Upper Makefield, PA (US);
David J. Hentosh, Yardley, PA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas V. McKinnon, Montgomery Township, NJ (US);
David M. Brown, Upper Makefield, PA (US);
David J. Hentosh, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/50 (2006.01); B64G 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A satellite () is disclosed having at least one deployable thermal radiator (). Once deployed, this thermal radiator () may be repositioned. In one embodiment, the deployed thermal radiator () may be moved about a first axis (), about a second axis (), or both to move the deployed thermal radiator () from one deployed position to another deployed position.