Patent ID: 11878819
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. An assembly for transporting satellites to space, comprising:
a ring structure having a central axis parallel to a launch direction,
a plurality of shrouds extending radially outward from the ring structure, each shroud including a frame supporting a flexible wall material, having a proximal end connected to the ring structure, and having a distal end opposing the proximal end along a longitudinal axis of the shroud,
wherein the distal end of each shroud includes a door for permitting deployment of a satellite radially outward into space, and the longitudinal axis of each shroud is perpendicular to the central axis of the ring structure, and
wherein each shroud has a top side, a bottom side, and a pair of lateral sides, wherein each of the top side, the bottom side, and the proximal end maintain a constant area while each of the pair of lateral sides and the distal end expand.