Spacecraft heat shield

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12208928
APP PUB NO 20240270412A1
SERIAL NO

18686767

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Spacecraft Heat Shield A deployable spacecraft atmospheric-entry heat shield (30, 40, 50, 60) is configured in a flasher pattern with a transformable polyhedral-surface. The transformable polyhedral-surface has a plurality of sectors (2, see FIG. 1a), each sector (2) having a plurality of mountain fold lines (4, 5), a plurality of valley fold lines (6, 7), a plurality of facets (8) lying between the fold lines (4, 5, 6, 7) and an outside edge (12). The heat shield (30, 40, 50, 60) is configured to unfold from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration.

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  • SPACE FORGE LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Andrasec, Josip Cardiff South Glamorgan, GB 1 1
Bacon, Andrew Paul Gloucestershire, GB 2 1
Nunes, Ana Paula Cardiff South Glamorgan, GB 1 1
Turner, Oliver David Newcastle upon Tyne, GB 1 1

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