Patent ID: 11958639
Assignee: THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA S.P.A. CON UNICO SOCIO
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. An aerospace supporting frame comprising:
a) a plurality of rods each comprising two opposite ends, said rods being arranged so as to define two bases parallel and opposite each other, two sides, which are parallel and opposite each other and are coupled to each other by said bases;
b) a plurality of joint nodes that couple said ends in a mutually rotating manner so as to be able to configure said supporting frame between a deployed operating condition and a compacted operating condition; said nodes being spaced apart from one another in the deployed operating condition and each being hinged to at least two of said rods; in the compacted operating condition, each of said nodes being placed side by side with two adjacent nodes so as to be arranged in series and form, together, two supporting members arranged at opposite longitudinal ends of the supporting frame;
wherein said rods, on each of said sides and on each of said bases, form a pantograph structure,
wherein, in the deployed operating condition, said sides have a first length and are spaced apart from each other by a first width and said bases are spaced apart from each other by a first height;
wherein, in the compacted operating condition, said sides have a second length and are spaced apart from each other by a second width and said bases are spaced apart from each other by a second height; and
wherein said first height and first width greater, respectively, than said second height and second width, and said first length is smaller than said second length.