METEOROID PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR LOW-CURRENT POWER LINES ON SPACE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: space engineering. SUBSTANCE: protective gear is built around base members of space power plant incorporating equipment compartment, power unit, and its moving system and has power members for opening radiating cooler in the form of folding arms uniformly arranged along sectional area and joined together by means of frames. Low-current bundled conductors or lines are placed in flexible metal hoses and installed inside folding arms between frames which are provided with hose handling members. Power lines and flexible sleeves are made in the form of springs right-hand coiled on half of their length and left-hand coiled on remaining length. EFFECT: improved reliability of meteoric protection. 5 cl, 5 dwg