公开(公告)号：US3635547A

公开(公告)日：1972-01-18

申请号：US3635547D

申请日：1969-12-08

Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP

Inventor： RUSHING FRANK C ,  GILBERT LYNFORD W ,  SIKON ALBERT B

IPC: G02B5/08

CPC classification number: G02B5/08

Abstract: A lightweight reflector construction suitable for use in space, having a thin flexible reflector membrane means stretched flat between the projecting ends of a plurality of arms which extend axially and radially from a central support member about which such arms are distributed. The arms accept the reflector membrane tensioning load in compression along their length and are permitted to be of relatively slender construction by virtue of a rigidizing system of guys that constrain the arms against buckling at spaced apart locations along their length.

Abstract translation: 适于在空间中使用的轻质反射器结构，其具有薄柔性反射膜，该柔性反射膜在多个臂的突出端部之间平坦延伸，多个臂的突出端部从中心支撑构件轴向和径向延伸，围绕这些臂分布在该中心支撑构件上。 臂沿其长度接受压缩反射膜张紧载荷，并且通过强制系统的制动器允许其具有相对细长的结构，这些系统限制臂沿着其长度在间隔开的位置处抵抗弯曲。