A deployment system for solar panels has the panels spring loaded to deploy, but held folded against a satellite framework by trigger bars engaging slots or notches in hinge bodies holding the solar panels. An actuator moves the trigger bars to disengage from the hinge bodies to release the panels to deploy.
Solar Panel Hinge Release Mechanism
2020-07-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |