公开(公告)号：US11958638B1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US16874257

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Whitcomb T. Ratcliff ,  Joseph Fitzgerald

IPC: B64G1/44 ,  B64G1/22

CPC classification number: B64G1/443 ,  B64G1/22 ,  B64G1/222 ,  B64G1/44

Abstract: A solar array system associated with a spacecraft includes a solar array blanket portion moveable from a stowed configuration into a deployed configuration, an extendable frame coupled to the spacecraft and the blanket portion and moveable from at least a collapsed configuration into an extended configuration to move the solar array blanket portion from the stowed configuration into the deployed configuration, and at least one biasing member extending across an exterior portion of a first hinge assembly that is configured to bias at least a portion of the extendable frame into the deployed configuration.