公开(公告)号：US20140326833A1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-06

申请号：US14330344

申请日：2014-07-14

申请人： Deployable Space Systems, Inc.

发明人： Brian R. Spence ,  Stephen F. White

IPC分类号： B64G1/44 ,  H02S30/20 ,  B64G1/22

CPC分类号： B64G1/443 ,  B64G1/222 ,  Y10T428/1362

摘要： A directionally-controlled roll-out elastically deployable solar array structure is disclosed. The structure includes one or more longitudinal elastic roll out booms that may be closed section or open section to allow for efficient rolled packaging onto a lateral mandrel. A flexible photovoltaic blanket is attached to a tip structure and to a lateral base support structure, but remains uncoupled from the longitudinal booms. The solar array system may be stowed simultaneously into a rolled package comprised of the roll out booms and the flexible planar blanket together, or onto independent rolls. Alternatively, the system may be stowed by rolling the booms, and accordion Z-folding the hinged flexible photovoltaic blanket into a flat stack. Structural deployment is motivated by the elastic strain energy of the roll out booms, and several methods of deployment direction control are provided to ensure a known, controlled, and unidirectional deployment path of the elastically unrolling booms.

公开(公告)号：US10239642B1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15082058

申请日：2016-03-28

申请人： Deployable Space Systems, Inc.

发明人： Brian R. Spence ,  Stephen F. White

IPC分类号： B64G1/44 ,  B64G1/22 ,  H02S30/20 ,  H02S10/40

摘要： A roll-out solar array includes a first mandrel having first and second ends and a second mandrel having first and second ends. A hinge extends between the first and second mandrels, such that the roll-out solar array can transition between a stowed position where the mandrels are in a substantially parallel configuration and a deployed position where the mandrels are in a series configuration. A latch may be provided to lock the roll-out solar array in the stowed configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20140150863A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-05

申请号：US14173252

申请日：2014-02-05

申请人： Deployable Space Systems, Inc.

发明人： Brian R. Spence ,  Stephen F. White

IPC分类号： B64G1/22 ,  H02S30/20 ,  H01L31/042

CPC分类号： B64G1/443 ,  B64G1/222 ,  Y10T428/1362

摘要： A directionally-controlled roll-out elastically deployable solar array structure is disclosed. The structure includes one or more longitudinal elastic roll out booms that may be closed section or open section to allow for efficient rolled packaging onto a lateral mandrel. A flexible photovoltaic blanket is attached to a tip structure and to a lateral base support structure, but remains uncoupled from the longitudinal booms. The solar array system may be stowed simultaneously into a rolled package comprised of the roll out booms and the flexible planar blanket together, or onto independent rolls. Alternatively, the system may be stowed by rolling the booms, and accordion Z-folding the hinged flexible photovoltaic blanket into a flat stack. Structural deployment is motivated by the elastic strain energy of the roll out booms, and several methods of deployment direction control are provided to ensure a known, controlled, and unidirectional deployment path of the elastically unrolling booms.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种定向控制的可弹性展开的太阳能阵列结构。 该结构包括一个或多个纵向弹性推出式起重臂，其可以是闭合部分或开放部分，以允许有效地卷装在横向心轴上。 柔性光伏电池板附接到尖端结构和侧向基座支撑结构，但是保持与纵向起重臂分离。 太阳能阵列系统可以同时收纳在由滚出式起重臂和柔性平面覆盖物组合在一起的轧制包装中，或者存储在独立的辊上。 或者，可以通过滚动吊杆来存放系统，并且折叠式Z将折叠的柔性光伏覆盖层折叠成平坦的堆叠。 结构部署由推出式起重臂的弹性应变能量驱动，并且提供了几种展开方向控制的方法，以确保弹性展开吊杆的已知的，受控的和单向的展开路径。

公开(公告)号：US20170081046A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US15366646

申请日：2016-12-01

申请人： Deployable Space Systems, Inc.

发明人： Brian R. Spence ,  Stephen F. White ,  Mark Douglas

IPC分类号： B64G1/22 ,  B64G1/44 ,  B64G1/10

CPC分类号： B64G1/222 ,  B64G1/10 ,  B64G1/443 ,  B64G1/66

摘要： A deployable root stiffness mechanism and method increases the bending and torsional stiffness and strength of a tubular slit boom while allowing the slit boom to be flattened and rolled to a compact stowage volume. The slit booms may be flattened and rolled into a compact cylindrical stowage volume and once released, elastically and immediately deploy from the rolled stowed configuration to the final structural tube shape. An embodiment of the disclosed apparatus comprises a base member which is engaging contact with a bottom surface of the tubular slit boom and a reaction member which translates along the base member as the tubular slit boom transitions between the storage configuration to the deployed configuration and between the deployed configuration to the storage configuration. The reaction member provides an opposing reactive force to a load conveyed through the thin-wall construction of the boom. The method provides a means for increasing the bending and torsional stiffness and strength of a tubular slit boom by reacting external loads through the boom walls into a structure which generally conforms to the shape of the boom as it is deployed.

公开(公告)号：US20160351746A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-01

申请号：US15231542

申请日：2016-08-08

申请人： Deployable Space Systems, Inc.

发明人： Brian J. Spence ,  Stephen F. White ,  Tiffany N. Allmandinger ,  Paul Cronin

IPC分类号： H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/041

CPC分类号： H01L31/18 ,  B23K9/00 ,  B23K2101/36 ,  H01L31/041 ,  H01L31/188 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： An automated system provides automated manufacturing of photovoltaic standard power modules for utilization in a space solar array, in both rolled blanket and z-folded configurations. The automated system provides robotically controlled systems for CIC-ing, glassing, stringing, laydown and acceptance testing of interconnected photovoltaic devices. A method of manufacturing the photovoltaic standard power modules includes the steps of robotic positioning of diodes, interconnects and busbars onto a SPM stringing tray followed by the robotic positioning of bare cells into position adjacent to the diodes, interconnects and busbars to form strings. The SPM stringing tray is thereafter robotically positioned adjacent to an integral welder for welding of the front side of the string. Cover glass is thereafter robotically placed over the cells. The string is flipped and the backside of the string is robotically positioned for welding.

摘要翻译： 自动化系统提供光伏标准功率模块的自动化制造，用于在轧制毯和z-折叠构型中用于空间太阳能阵列。 自动化系统提供机器人控制系统，用于互连光伏器件的CIC，玻璃化，串联，铺设和验收测试。 一种制造光伏标准功率模块的方法包括以下步骤：将二极管，互连和汇流条进行机器人定位到SPM拉丝盘上，随后将裸电池机器人定位到与二极管，互连和母线相邻的位置以形成串。 然后，SPM穿线托盘机器人定位在一个整体式焊机附近，用于焊接钢丝绳的前侧。 然后将盖玻璃机器人放置在电池上。 弦线被翻转，并且弦的背面被机器人定位用于焊接。