Deployable solar array for small spacecraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9919815
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14921238

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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.

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  • SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Steele, Kenneth Loyd Carlsbad, US 6 81
Stern, Theodore Garry El Cajon, US 9 164

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