Solar power arrays for spacecraft

Patent · Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6628015

Fellas, C N

A laminar plastics material sheet including a transparent, electrically conductive layer used to cover the front and/or rear surfaces of a spacecraft solar array to alleviate electrostatic charge build-up thereon due to electron bombardment.

• Assignee: British Aerospace Public Ltd., Co. (United Kingdom)
• Patent Number(s): US 4433201
• OSTI ID: 6628015
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 2 May 1981, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK); Other Information: PAT-APPL-374022
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
COVERINGS
DESIGN
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE ELIMINATORS
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
OPACITY
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTROSTATICS
LAYERS
PLASTICS
SHEETS
SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENTS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POWER SUPPLIES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion