Patent ID: 11892661
Assignee: OPTERUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A doubly curved reflector for compact storage in a folded state comprising:
a plurality of gores, each gore having on either long side a gore side curve;
adjacent gores being mechanically coupled to each other via a hinge, said hinge comprising a fold roll hinge or a living hinge;
a stowed doubly curved reflector state wherein adjacent gores fold along respective hinges disposed therebetween to a closed condition such that a face surface of each gore folds against an adjacent face surface of another gore into a substantially cylindrical structure; and
a deployed doubly curved reflector state wherein adjacent gores fold along respective hinges disposed therebetween to an open condition such that a face surface of each gore provides a doubly curved reflector surface state.