US 11,901,605 B2
Deployable antenna structure
Thomas J. Harvey, Nederland, CO (US); Toby J. Harvey, Cedar City, UT (US); and Leslie A. Seal, Eldora, CO (US)
Assigned to M.M.A. Design, LLC, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by M.M.A. Design, LLC, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/085,601.
Application 16/356,484 is a division of application No. 14/624,549, filed on Feb. 17, 2015, granted, now 10,263,316, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 17/085,601 is a continuation of application No. 16/356,484, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,826,157.
Application 14/624,549 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/480,610, filed on Sep. 8, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/874,519, filed on Sep. 6, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0111476 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H01Q 15/16 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 15/20 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/1235 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/08 (2013.01); H01Q 1/28 (2013.01); H01Q 15/148 (2013.01); H01Q 15/161 (2013.01); H01Q 15/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A deployable antenna structure comprising:
a first electrical element including antenna membrane, wherein the first electrical element is flexible;
a second electrical element;
a plurality of composite supports dispensable from a rolled format in an undeployed state into a linear format in a deployed state; and
a deployment mechanism coupled to the composite supports, the deployment mechanism being configured to transition the first electrical element and the second electrical element from the undeployed state at the deployment mechanism towards the deployed state, wherein, at least the first electrical element is folded in the undeployed state and is unfolded in the deployed state to form an unfolded perimeter of the first electrical element, the unfolded perimeter of the first electrical element is extended away from the deployment mechanism by the composite supports in the deployed state, and the first electrical element is anchored to the deployment mechanism by the composite supports in the deployed state,
wherein the second electrical element is flexible and is coupled to the composite supports.