US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Nov. 18 for "Extensible boom, solar cell paddle, and extensible boom manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,100, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Extensible boom, solar cell paddle, and extensible boom manufacturing method" was invented by Tatsuya Koyama (Tokyo), Hiroki Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Kazunori Takagaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extensible boom is extended in an extension direction from a state of being rolled in a cylindrical form, the extension direction being one of short directions of the cylindrical form. Protruding portions and recessed portions are alternately formed at each of one end and another end in a long direction of the cylindrical form. The protruding portions at th...