Patent ID: 11929549
Assignee: PIPL LIMITED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A deployable reflector comprising:
a reflector (53), the reflector (53) being composed of elastic rods;
a tensioning frame (1) having a deploying ring (2), the deploying ring (2) comprising upper booms (28) and lower booms (29), the upper booms (28) and the lower booms (29) being composed of lower rods (14) and upper rods (15) and connected to peripheral ends of the tensioning frame (1), the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) being hingedly interconnected, elastic, and foldable;
wherein the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) of the upper booms (28) and the lower booms (29) are connected to each other by spatially oriented units (11), the spatially oriented units (11) including foldable rods connecting consoles (76) and key sheets (75) attached to the foldable rods connecting consoles (76), and the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) are connected to a unit (52) of the reflector (53); and
wherein the deploying ring (2) includes an opening mechanism, the opening mechanism having a drive (33), the drive (33) including a load-bearing cable (27), wherein a first end of the load-bearing cable (27) is coupled to a roller (30) placed at ends of the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) of the upper booms (28) and the lower booms (29), and a second end of the load-bearing cable (27) is mounted on an electric drive (33) and is capable of winding on a drum (35) mounted on a drive axis;

sections (3) composed of the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) of the deploying ring (2), each of the sections (3) including pantograph levers (5), the pantograph levers (5) being crosswise intersecting and interconnected by a cylindrical joint (4), an upper concave mesh (40), and a lower convex mesh (41) fastened with peripheral units of the upper concave mesh (40) and the lower convex mesh (41) in units (38, 39) of attachment of the upper concave mesh (40) and the lower convex mesh (41) to the upper booms (28) and the lower booms (29) of the deploying ring (2);
stanchions (46, 47) mounted between the upper booms (28) and the lower booms (29), the stanchions (46, 47) being flexible and including the elastic rods;
scissors-like levers (7) located on a central unit (6) at an intersection of the pantograph levers (5), wherein first sleeves (8) are put on the pantograph levers (5) from other side on ends of the pantograph levers (5);
second sleeves (16) disposed on ends of the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15);
cylindrical joints (17) disposed on the second sleeves (16);
an expansion ring (2) including a connecting means for connecting the upper rods (15) and the lower rods (14), the connecting means being made in the form of:
an elastic rod (62) attached by one end to an axis (61) of an intermediate connecting cylindrical joint of the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) and fastened by other end on a reel (65) disposed on a rotary axis (64) of the cylindrical joints (5) that connect the pantograph levers (5) and capable of winding thereon; or
a tube (70) disposed on wings cutouts (67) of the reel (65) for fixing plates (22) connecting the lower rods (14) and the upper rods (15) in a folded state; and

a reflector fixing mesh (55) having triangular cells composed of the elastic rods (54), the reflector fixing mesh (55) being fastened in units (52) of connection of rods of the reflector (53), and having units (56) having springs (56) at an end of the units (56), the reflector fixing mesh (55) being fastened together with the reflector (53) in the units (38) of attachment of the upper concave mesh (40) and the lower convex mesh (41) to an upper boom of the upper booms (28), the units (38) being attached to a projection (36) of spatially oriented units (11) of the upper booms (28), on a shelf (58) located above the units.