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  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Eutectic Alloy Materials and Methods of Manufacture
    Publication number: 20140087171
    Abstract: Certain embodiments here include compositions of matter and methods of manufacturing a ply composition, comprising a piece of fabric, wherein the fabric includes a plurality of plated tows, and eutectic alloy, wherein the plated tows are intertwined with the eutectic alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eldon P. KASL, Matthew W. Thompson
  • ASSEMBLY AND MOUNTING OF SOLAR CELLS ON A SUPPOR
    Publication number: 20210119570
    Abstract: A method of a solar cell array arranged on the surface of a support by providing and utilizing an assembly fixture having a smooth, concave surface. An uncured supporting film composed of a composite material (such as a carbon fiber composite) is mounted directly on the back side of the solar cells; and the film of composite material is co-cured on the assembly fixture so that the array of interconnected solar cells is bonded to the supporting film. The bonded and cured film of composite material and an array of interconnected solar cells is then removed from the assembly fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Wrosch, Eric McNaul, Theodore Stern, Fadel Hernandez
  • Assembly and mounting of solar cells on airfoils
    Patent number: 10903380
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an airfoil, and the airfoil or airfoil skin so fabricated, including a solar cell array arranged on the surface of the airfoil by providing and utilizing an assembly fixture having a smooth, concave surface. An uncured supporting film composed of a composite material (such as a carbon fiber composite) is mounted directly on the back side of the solar cells; and the film of composite material is co-cured on the assembly fixture so that the array of interconnected solar cells is bonded to the supporting film. The bonded and cured film of composite material and an array of interconnected solar cells is then removed from the assembly fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Wrosch, Eric McNaul, Theodore Stern, Fadel Hernandez
  • Assembly and mounting of solar cells on airfoils
    Patent number: 10026857
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a solar cell array on the surface of a support by providing an assembly fixture having a smooth, concave surface; mounting a film composed of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) directly on the surface of the fixture; mounting a film composed of a non-crosslinked silicone pressure sensitive adhesive directly over the ETFE film; mounting an array of interconnected solar cells directly over the adhesive film. An uncured supporting film composed of a composite material is mounted directly on the back side of the solar cells; and the film of composite material is co-cured so that the array of interconnected solar cells is bonded to the supporting film. The bonded and cured film of composite material and an array of interconnected solar cells with the ETFE film is then removed from the assembly fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Wrosch, Eric McNaul, Theodore Stern, Fadel Hernandez
  • Mirror and a method of manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 8439511
    Abstract: A mirror for terrestrial or aerospace application has a substrate, which is preferably of a laminate of a plurality of Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composite (GFRC) uni-directional fiber plies applied in a laminate with layers oriented to achieve appropriate stable properties. The substrate is cured to form the desired shape with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A front buffering layer is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the substrate on the first surface. The front buffer layer is of a material that buffers the surface morphology of the first surface of the substrate. A front specularizing layer is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the front buffer layer. The specularizing layer is of a material for providing a smooth, low scatter optical surface. The specularizing layer can use an integral aluminized surface or an added vacuum deposited optical thin film coating for enhanced optical properties and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Garry Stern, Stephen Leonard Engelson Wyatt
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