Patent 9555904 was granted and assigned to Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. on January, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Gossamer apparatus and systems for use with spacecraft may include a deployable gossamer apparatus. The deployable gossamer apparatus may include a plurality rib members and gossamer material extending therebetween and may be configured in a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The rib members of the deployable gossamer apparatus store potential energy used for deployment of the deployable gossamer apparatus.