| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for releasing stacking tie-rods that are used for holding deployable structures, in particular solar panels of artificial satellites. SOLUTION: This device of the invention is self-releasing in order to enable such deployable structures to be released via the top portion of a stacking column. The invention consists in holding together the members 101 that are to be deployed by means of a tie-rod 102 having a nut 111 screwed onto its free end. The force for holding the stack together is transmitted by modules 106 and 107 which are themselves held together by the force. When the stacking tension is reduced, resilient means, such as two flat spring blades 112 and 113, cause the modules to move away from the tie-rod, thus enabling the members of the deployable structure to be released. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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