US 12,034,205 B2
Artificial-satellite antenna
Yuko Kawasoe, Tokyo (JP); Nobuo Sugimura, Tokyo (JP); and Taku Izumiyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to IHI Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by IHI Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,673.
Application 17/342,673 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/036981, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-233556 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0296763 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H01Q 19/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01)
CPC H01Q 1/288 (2013.01) [B64G 1/443 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); H01Q 19/10 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/30 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
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1. An artificial-satellite antenna mounted on an artificial-satellite having a satellite body, the artificial-satellite antenna comprising:
a solar cell panel;
a radiator; and
a conductor that is mechanically and electrically connected to the solar cell panel, wherein
the solar cell panel has a shape extending in one direction,
the conductor is connected to the solar cell panel via an elastic material, and protrudes from the solar cell panel on an extension line in the one direction when the solar cell panel is deployed,
when the solar cell panel is deployed, the radiator protrudes from the satellite body in a same direction as the solar cell panel is deployed, and
the solar cell panel and the conductor are used as reflectors.