Granted Patent
Utility
US 4,653,951 · App. 06/764,288
Zero free-play joint for deployable space structures
Inventors:
John G. Bodle, Charles C. Lungerhausen
Patented Case
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Granted: Mar 31, 1987
Filed: Aug 12, 1985
Inventors
John G. Bodle
Charles C. Lungerhausen
Assignee (at issue)
General Dynamics Corporation, Convair Division
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