Patent ID: 7513461
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: B64G,H02S,Y02E

Abstract:
1. Hinged assembly ( 1 ) formed of at least two adjacent panels ( 4 - 7 ) of a solar generator hinged in pairs to pivot from a stacking configuration, in which the panels are stacked one on the other, to an unstacking or deployed configuration, in which the panels are disposed substantially in the same plane, the two panels being connected together by at least one hinge, characterized in that said hinge is formed exclusively of a Carpentier leaf spring joint ( in the stacking configuration and in the deployment phase, generating a continuous driving torque tending to move the panels toward the unstacking configuration, and in the unstacking configuration, mechanically retaining the panels in that configuration, and in that said Carpentier leaf spring joint extends under the panels that it connects to form the support structure thereof.