JP2018503762A5

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Publication number: JP2018503762A5
Application number: JP2017558354A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2016-01-25
Publication date: 2019-03-07

Claims

A collapsible panel structure configured to form an unfolded configuration and a collapsed configuration, wherein the collapsible panel structure comprises:
An outer facing section forming a first side and a second side of the foldable panel structure, wherein the first side and the second side are pivotally coupled to adjacent outer facing sections An outwardly facing section having a hinge point;
An inner core section disposed in a zigzag manner between the first side and the second side, wherein the apex hinge point is pivotally coupled to an adjacent inner core section;
Have
When the foldable panel structure is in an unfolded configuration, the inner core section and the outer facing section form a series of adjacent triangular prisms, and the foldable panel structure transitions to a folded configuration The inner core section and the outward facing section form a series of adjacent quadrilateral prisms;
apparatus.

The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a support structure extending along a length of the foldable panel structure in the deployed configuration.

The support structure includes at least one open channel configured to cap a first end of the foldable panel structure; a telescopic segment that allows the support structure to be at least partially folded; The apparatus according to claim 2, comprising a joinable segment.

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the support structure extends through an opening provided along the inner core section.

The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the support structure is configured to be curved.

6. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the apex hinge point is located at the apex of each triangular prism of the series of adjacent triangular prisms.

7. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the two outward facing sections joined at the surface pair hinge points are aligned with opposing apex hinge points joining the two inner core sections. .

2. When the folding panel structure transitions to the folded configuration, one of the surface pair hinge points is located at the top or bottom of each quadrilateral prism of a series of adjacent quadrilateral prisms. The apparatus of any one of -7.

Comprising a foldable panel structure configured to form an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, wherein the foldable panel structure comprises:
An outer facing section forming a first side and a second side of the foldable panel structure, wherein the first side and the second side are pivotally coupled to adjacent outer facing sections An outwardly facing section having a hinge point;
An inner core section zigzag disposed between the first side and the second side, wherein the inner core hinge point pivotally couples to an adjacent inner core section; and
An extension extending between each coupling of the inner core section and the inner core hinge point and offsetting the inner core hinge point from the longitudinal length of the inner core section;
An auxiliary hinge point pivotably coupled to the adjacent outer facing section and inner core section;
Have
When the foldable panel structure is in the deployed configuration, the inner core section, the extension, and the outward facing section form a series of adjacent quadrilateral prisms, the foldable panel structure being When transitioning to the folded configuration, the inner core section, the extension, and the outward facing section form a series of adjacent hexagonal prisms;
apparatus.

The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a support structure extending along a length of the foldable panel structure in the deployed configuration.

The support structure includes at least one open channel configured to cap a first end of the foldable panel structure; a telescopic segment that allows the support structure to be at least partially folded; 11. The apparatus of claim 10, comprising a joinable segment.

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the support structure extends through an opening provided along the inner core section.

The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the support structure is configured to be curved.

14. In the deployed configuration, two outward facing sections are aligned and joined at a surface pair hinge point located opposite the inner core hinge point. The device described in 1.

When the foldable panel structure is transitioned to the folded configuration, the surface pair hinge points and inner core hinge points alternate at the top and bottom of each hexagonal prism of a series of adjacent quadrilateral prisms. 15. A device according to any one of claims 9 to 14, which is located.

Unfolding a foldable portion of the foldable panel structure along an axis perpendicular to a plane of the plurality of inner core sections of the foldable panel structure;
Foldable when two outwardly facing sections of a foldable panel structure joined at a pair of surface hinges located opposite the apex hinge point joining two of the inner core sections are in plane alignment The inner core section is arranged in a zigzag manner between a first side of the outer facing section and a second side of the outer facing section, the apex hinge point Completing deployment of the foldable portion that pivotally couples to an adjacent inner core section; and
Including a method.

The method of claim 16, further comprising joining a longitudinal support structure to the deployed foldable portion.

The method of claim 17, further comprising removing the longitudinal support structure.

19. A method according to any one of claims 16-18, further comprising the step of refolding the foldable portion.

Unfolding a foldable portion of the foldable panel structure along an axis perpendicular to a plane of the plurality of inner core sections of the foldable panel structure;
When the two outwardly facing sections of the foldable panel structure joined at the surface pair hinge points located opposite the inner core hinge points joining the two of the inner core sections are in plane alignment, the folding Completing the deployment of a possible portion, wherein the inner core section is arranged zigzag between a first side of the outer facing section and a second side of the outer facing section; The hinge point is pivotally coupled to the adjacent inner core section and offset from the longitudinal length of the adjacent inner core section by the extension, and the auxiliary hinge point pivots to the outward facing section and the inner core section Completing the expansion of the foldable portions that are operatively coupled; and
Including a method.

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the support structure is configured to curve.