A deployable truss with modified primary orthogonal joints. The construction of these joints causes the center-hinged primary chords on opposite sides of a truss bay to fold inward in a plane orthogonal to the folding planes of the side diagonals while the two secondary chords fold in planes orthogonal to the plane of the in-folding primary chords. This provides for stiffness and stability during deploy and retract. The unique joint configuration permits the truss to deploy one bay at a time in a stable manner while having lateral bending stiffness, and the truss thus can extend and retract in a sequential manner. It can deploy integral flat panels nested between the secondary folding chords, or use cross bracing in lieu of panels. The truss can be triangular, square or rectangular in cross-section. A powered support frame may be used in conjunction with the truss.


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    Title :

    Deployable truss with orthogonally-hinged primary chords


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    Publication date :

    2017-05-16


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    E04B Allgemeine Baukonstruktionen , GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / E01D BRIDGES , Brücken / E04C STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS , Bauelemente



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