Patent ID: 11873120
Assignee: AST & SCIENCE, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A structure for space comprising:
a plurality of tiles having a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration; and
a plurality of stored-energy connectors connected to adjacent tiles of the plurality of tiles, the plurality of stored-energy connectors configured to store energy in the stowed configuration and configured to release energy to move the plurality of tiles to the deployed configuration, wherein the plurality of stored-energy connectors comprises a first stored-energy connector connected to a first layer of the adjacent tiles and a second stored-energy connector connected to a second layer of the adjacent tiles, the first layer different than the second layer; and
a control mechanism to control a locking mechanism having a locked position to lock the plurality of tiles in the stowed configuration and an unlocked position to initiate self-deployment by the stored-energy connectors to move the plurality of tiles to the deployed configuration.