A deployment system for solar panels has the panels spring loaded to deploy, but held folded against a satellite framework, held folded by trigger bars engaging slots or notches in hinge bodies holding the solar panels. A remotely-operable linear actuator moves the trigger bars to disengage the trigger bars to release the panels to deploy.
Solar panel hinge release mechanism
2020-04-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |