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Inflatable radar reflector

  • US 4,673,934 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1984
  • Issued: 06/16/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Improved radar reflector apparatus comprising a collapsible and inflatable radar wave permeable envelope surrounding a radar reflector array having a number of radar wave reflectors which when said envelope is inflated are arranged to form a plurality of corner reflectors, said reflectors being of a flexible material so as to allow collapsing of said reflector array upon collapse of said envelope, the improvement comprising suspension means supporting each of said reflectors within said envelope independently of each other, of said reflectors so that upon inflation of said envelope each of said reflectors floats on said suspension means to seek out optimum planar disposition forming a plane substantially independent of and mutually orthoganal to the planes formed by each other of said reflectors.

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