Patent ID: 11892661
Assignee: OPTERUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A doubly curved reflector for compact storage in a folded state and a locked open state comprising:
a plurality of gores, each gore having on either long side a gore side curve, adjacent gores being coupled to each other by a hinge;
a perimeter structure comprising a curved deformable spring,
a stowed doubly curved reflector structure state wherein adjacent gores fold along respective hinges disposed therebetween such that a face surface of each gore folds against an adjacent face surface of another gore into a substantially cylindrical structure, and said perimeter structure is folded and deforms around said substantially cylindrical structure; and
a deployed doubly curved reflector structure locked open state wherein each hinge is open such that a face surface of each gore is disposed in a doubly curved reflector surface and said perimeter structure spring biases said doubly curved reflector surface towards said deployed doubly curved reflector structure locked open state.