US 12,280,894 B2
Low earth orbit mechanical deployable structure
Avi Braun, Ramat Ha Sharon (IL); Aitor Martinez De Osaba Fernandez, Barcelona (ES); Javier Hernandez Bahlsen, Esplugues de LLobregart (ES); Abel Avellan, Coral Gables, FL (US); Huiwen Yao, Potomac, MD (US); Adam H. Halperin, Silver Spring, MD (US); and Mariano T. Gomez, Sunny Isles, FL (US)
Assigned to AST & Science, LLC, Midland, TX (US)
Filed by AST & Science, LLC, Midland, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,510.
Application 18/409,510 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,646, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,873,120.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/977,860, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/977,864, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,081, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,317, filed on May 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. ES202030123 (ES), filed on Feb. 13, 2020; application No. ES202030124 (ES), filed on Feb. 13, 2020; and application No. ES202030125 (ES), filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262534 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01)
CPC B64G 1/222 (2013.01) [B64G 1/1007 (2013.01); B64G 1/443 (2013.01); H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.12); H02S 40/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/36 (2014.12); H02S 40/425 (2014.12)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna array comprising:
a plurality of antenna assemblies each having one or more antennas; and
a plurality of stored-energy connectors connecting adjacent antenna assemblies of the plurality of antenna assemblies, the plurality of stored-energy connectors configured to store energy in a stored-energy position and configured to release energy in a released-energy position to move the plurality of antenna assemblies to a deployed configuration of the plurality of antenna assemblies, wherein the plurality of stored-energy connectors comprises a first stored-energy connector connected to a first layer of the adjacent antenna assemblies and a second stored-energy connector connected to a second layer of the adjacent antenna assemblies, the first layer different than the second layer.