A deployable mast structure 100 comprising a body 101 configured to adopt a tubular shape when the mast structure is in a deployed configuration and a plurality of openings 102 formed in a wall of the body so as to define a plurality of integral tape-spring hinges 103 in the wall of the body. The plurality of openings being configured so as to permit the body to collapse along its longitudinal axis into a stowed configuration when the tape-spring hinges are buckled and configured to exert a force which urges the structure towards the deployed position. The structure may further comprise a plurality of reinforcing members, each configured to reinforce a section of the wall in which no tape-spring hinges are formed. Also claimed is a deployable antenna assembly, a deployable telescope assembly, a separation mechanism, a system comprising the deployable mast structure, and a method of fabricating the deployable mast structure.


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    Titel :

    Deployable mast structure


    Beteiligte:
    JUAN REVELES (Autor:in) / VINCENT FRAUX (Autor:in) / YOSHIRO OGI (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    09.05.2018


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    E04H Gebäude oder ähnliche Bauwerke für besondere Zwecke , BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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