Patent ID: 11881811
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A deployable structure for solar arrays comprising:
a central hub with a polygonal top surface;
a leading region and a trailing region configured around each vertex of the polygonal top surface, wherein the leading region comprises a first set of parallel folds intersecting at a preset angle with a corresponding second set of parallel folds in the trailing region;
the first and the second set of parallel folds correspond to a plurality of generally continuous planar surfaces alternating between peaks and valleys in succession;
a plurality of solar arrays detachably coupled to the polygonal top surface, and atop to the planar surfaces of the first and second set of parallel folds;
wherein preset thresholds of electricity generated via the solar arrays are coupled with instructions to the deployable structure to transform in stages between a fully retracted configuration and a plurality of deployed configurations;
in the fully retracted configuration, the first and second sets of parallel folds collapse onto one another, and further onto side surfaces of the central hub and
in the plurality of deployed configurations, the first and second sets of parallel folds extend outward away from the central hub, and away from one another.