MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517066191 A) filed by Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, U.S.A., on July 11, for 'techniques for deployable-panel antennas.'
Inventor(s) include Buer, Kenneth V.; and Messenger, Thomas R.
The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Methods, systems, and devices for deployable-panel antenna arrays are described. An antenna system, such as an antenna system of a communications satellite, may include panels that are rotatably deployable via one or more rotary joints. The panels may each include antenna elements of an antenna array on one face of the panels and, in some examples, solar elements to provide power for operating the antenna system on an opposite face of the panels. The panels may be stowed in a relatively compact configuration, which may be at least partially within a cross-sectional projection of a body portion (e.g., of a communications satellite), and may be deployed by rotating the panels about one or more coupling axes. In the deployed configuration, the panels may form a polygonal or circular shape, such that a surface area available for antenna elements, solar panels, or both, is greater than the crosssection of the body."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/084545.
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