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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Robert Taylor, Superior, CO (US);
Philip N. Keller, Longmont, CO (US);
Kaushik Mallick, Thornton, CO (US);
Dana Turse, Broomfield, CO (US);
Michael J. Hulse, Erie, CO (US);
Robert Taylor, Superior, CO (US);
Philip N. Keller, Longmont, CO (US);
Kaushik Mallick, Thornton, CO (US);
Dana Turse, Broomfield, CO (US);
Michael J. Hulse, Erie, CO (US);
Composite Technology Development, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Abstract
A deployable structure that may include a slit-tube longeron and a flat panel coupled with the slit-tube longeron. The slit-tube longeron may include a tubular member having a slit that runs along the longitudinal length of the slit-tube longeron. The deployable structure may be configured to couple with a satellite. And the deployable structure may be configured to transform between a stowed state and a deployed state where the tubular member is substantially straight when the deployable structure is in the deployed state, and the tubular member is wrapped around the satellite when the deployable structure is in the stowed state.