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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Hugh Quenten Cook, Jr., Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Andrew R. Streett, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H01Q 15/16 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/222 (2013.01); B64G 1/44 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); H01Q 1/08 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 15/161 (2013.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for deploying a group of panels. An apparatus comprises a group of panels in a folded configuration against a side of a spacecraft, a group of flexible members connected to the group of panels, and an interface system associated with the group of panels and the group of flexible members. The interface system is configured to move the group of panels from the folded configuration to a deployed configuration when the group of flexible members is extended from the spacecraft.