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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Applicants:
Kiyoshi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Tabata, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoji Shintate, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Space Technologies, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/20 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/147 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 15/161 (2013.01); H01Q 15/168 (2013.01); H01Q 15/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A deployable antenna reflector includes a surface cable network formed of a plurality of cables coupled to each other in a mesh pattern. The surface cable network includes at least one rigid rod member that reduces a maximum tensile force caused in the surface cable network.