초록

In an integrated telescoping mast-payload assembly, the payload forms the top telescoping section.

대표청구항 ▼

In a telescoping mast assembly, including: a plurality of nesting, telescoping mast sections, including a top section and at least one lower section, each of said sections having upper and lower ends, and means for extending and retracting each of said sections relative to the next-lower section, th

In a telescoping mast assembly, including: a plurality of nesting, telescoping mast sections, including a top section and at least one lower section, each of said sections having upper and lower ends, and means for extending and retracting each of said sections relative to the next-lower section, the improvement comprising: a payload, located only in said top section, said top section, including said payload, being dimensioned to be received and nest within the next-lower section, at least a portion of said payload being received within said next-lower section when said top section is fully retracted, such that said next-lower section provides protection for said payload when said top section is fully retracted, said payload being a member of the group consisting of radio antennas, lights, instrumentation and telemetry packages for robotic vehicles, television cameras, antenna rotators, preamplifiers, radiation sensors and electronic and electro-mechanical instrument packages.