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Title: Space vehicle electromechanical system and helical antenna winding fixture

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1414918

A space vehicle electromechanical system may employ an architecture that enables convenient and practical testing, reset, and retesting of solar panel and antenna deployment on the ground. A helical antenna winding fixture may facilitate winding and binding of the helical antenna.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,853,353
Application Number:
14/745,763
OSTI ID:
1414918
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Jun 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (17)

Antenna erection mechanism patent October 1975
Portable collapsing antenna patent October 1984
Remote connect and disconnect assembly with energy isolation patent April 1985
Collapsible bifilar helical antenna patent October 1988
Payload adapter ring patent August 1991
Modular mother satellite bus for subsidiary payloads patent October 1992
Spacecraft antenna array with directivity enhancing rings patent February 1999
Multi-band concentric helical antenna patent November 1999
Antenna system with base configuration for passive inter-modulation (PIM) mitigation patent October 2009
Dual polarized multifilar antenna patent October 2010
Self-deploying helical antenna patent May 2014
Deployable helical antenna for nano-satellites patent March 2015
Solar array transfer orbit power maximizer patent June 2015
Floating interface linkage patent-application April 2006
System For Simultaneous Tabbing And Stringing Of Solar Cells patent-application February 2010
Method for Connecting Solar Cells patent-application June 2012
Multi-Mode, Multi-Band Antenna patent-application September 2014

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