US 12,444,852 B1
Deployable symmetrical reflector antenna
Maxym Polyakov, Edinburgh (GB); and Elguja Medzmariashvili, Tbilisi (GE)
Assigned to PIPL LIMITED, Limassol (CY)
Filed by PIPL LIMITED, Limassol (CY)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/244,025.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 15/161 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deployable symmetrical reflector antenna comprising:
a deployable ring including:
a plurality of internal combined arms;
a plurality of external combined arms;
a plurality of joints arranged circumferentially in a predetermined number of tiers from a bottom of the deployable ring to a top of the deployable ring, at least one joint of the plurality of joints connecting, in a scissor linkage configuration, at least one internal arm of the plurality of internal combined arms and at least one external arm of the plurality of external combined arms;
a plurality of torsion springs configured to bias the deployable ring towards an open position, at least one torsion spring of the plurality of torsion springs being coupled to one or more joints of the plurality of joints;
a plurality of tension cables, a tension cable of the plurality of tension cables connecting to a first joint and a second joint of the plurality of joints positioned within a same tier of the predetermined number of tiers; and
a flexible reflector mounted on the deployable ring, the flexible reflector including:
an upper concave mesh secured to the top of the deployable ring, the upper concave mesh including a plurality of first flexible rods and a plurality of first nodes;
a lower convex mesh secured to the bottom of the deployable ring, the lower convex mesh including a plurality of second flexible rods and a plurality of second nodes; and
a plurality of third flexible rods, a third flexible rod of the plurality of third flexible rods connecting a second node of the plurality of second nodes and a first node of the plurality of second nodes.