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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Shota Tserodze, Tbilisi, GE;
Nodar Tsignadze, Tbilisi, GE;
Elguja Medzmariashvili, Tbilisi, GE;
Leri Datashvili, Garching, DE;
Julian B. Santiago Prowald, Wassenaar, NL;
Shota Tserodze, Tbilisi, GE;
Nodar Tsignadze, Tbilisi, GE;
Elguja Medzmariashvili, Tbilisi, GE;
Leri Datashvili, Garching, DE;
Julian B. Santiago Prowald, Wassenaar, NL;
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A mechanical support ring structure for supporting a deployable space reflector antenna. The mechanical support ring structure is convertible from a folded state into a deployed state and includes a ring-shaped pantograph having a plurality of circumferentially arranged pantograph sections which are deployable for converting the mechanical support ring structure from the folded state into the deployed state, and a plurality of circumferentially arranged support rods, each pantograph section being arranged between a respective pair of support rods, wherein each pantograph section includes one or more pairs of pantograph rods which intersect crosswise with each other at a respective crossing position.