Patent ID: 11912440
Assignee: MAXAR SPACE LLC
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of rectangular rigid solar array panels configured to partially flex when compressed in a first direction and to flatten when not compressed in the first direction; and
a corresponding rectangular frame structure for each of the plurality of solar array panels, each frame structure including:
an opposing pair of rigid frame members each connected to a corresponding side of the corresponding solar array panel; and
an opposing pair of flexible frame members running in the first direction and connected between the opposing pair of rigid frame members and configured to:
flex when the opposing pair of rigid frame members are compressed in the first direction to flex the corresponding solar array panel, and
extend to flatten the corresponding solar array panel when the opposing pair of rigid frame members are not compressed in the first direction.