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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Solaero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Loyd Steele, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Theodore Garry Stern, El Cajon, CA (US);
Assignee:
SolAero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/44 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); H02S 40/44 (2014.01); H01L 31/041 (2014.01); H02S 40/22 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/443 (2013.01); B64G 1/222 (2013.01); B64G 1/44 (2013.01); H01L 31/041 (2014.12); H02S 30/20 (2014.12); H02S 40/22 (2014.12); H02S 40/42 (2014.12); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides, among other things, a deployable solar array comprising: an array of electromagnetic transducer devices such as photovoltaic devices; and a flexible, elongated, rectangular sheet for supporting the array of electromagnetic transducer devices composed of a composite laminate having a predetermined pattern of graphite fiber plies which impart a predefined tension in the planar surface of the sheet so that it curls into a planar sheet with a uniform radius of curvature along its major axis.