Patent ID: 9669949
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B64G,B65H,E04C

Claim:
1. A deployable structure, comprising: a support, a tape spring fixed to the support, able to pass from a wound configuration wound about an axis Z, to a deployed configuration, the tape spring having two ends, a mobile arm able to rotate with respect to the support about the Z-axis, able to form a first contact with the tape spring so as to control the deployment of the tape spring, wherein the tape spring is fixed between its two ends to a single fixing point on the support, wherein the arm is able to form a second contact with the tape spring so as to control the deployment of the tape spring, wherein a first end of the tape spring is able to deploy with respect to the single fixing point along a first axis perpendicular to the Z axis in a first direction, and a second end of the tape spring is able to simultaneously unfold along a second axis perpendicular to the Z axis in a second direction different from the first direction.