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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
Marc L. Breen, Long Beach, CA (US);
Ray A. Stribling, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Andrew R. Streett, San Clemente, CA (US);
Darren S. Cokin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Marc L. Breen, Long Beach, CA (US);
Ray A. Stribling, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Andrew R. Streett, San Clemente, CA (US);
Darren S. Cokin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible space structure such as a solar array is composed of multiple solar cell modules (SCMs) each supporting an arrangement of solar cells on a frontside layer and incorporating a backside layer with a surface opposite from the frontside layer having a conductive coating. A selected portion of the SCMs have structural ground extension harnesses intermediate the frontside layer and backside layer. Conductive tapes secure vertically adjacent SCMs by attachment to the conductive coating and electrical jumpers interconnect the structural ground extension harnesses across gapped hinge lines of laterally adjacent SCMs.