Technologies for making self-erecting structures are described herein. An exemplary self-erecting structure comprises a plurality of shape-memory members that connect two or more hub components. When forces are applied to the self-erecting structure, the shape-memory members can deform, and when the forces are removed the shape-memory members can return to their original pre-deformation shape, allowing the self-erecting structure to return to its own original shape under its own power. A shape of the self-erecting structure depends on a spatial orientation of the hub components, and a relative orientation of the shape-memory members, which in turn depends on an orientation of joining of the shape-memory members with the hub components.
Self-erecting shapes
2017-07-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | E04H Gebäude oder ähnliche Bauwerke für besondere Zwecke , BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / E04B Allgemeine Baukonstruktionen , GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS / H01L Halbleiterbauelemente , SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES / H01Q Antennen , ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS |