1. A tape product comprising:
a concertina coil;
at least one of an internal truss and external truss connected to the coil at a plurality of connection points;
wherein the truss strengthens or stabilizes the coil.
2. The tape product of claim 1, wherein the concertina coil is a first concertina coil and the truss is an integral portion of at least one additional concertina coil that intersects with and is connected to the first concertina coil.
3. The tape product of claim 1, wherein:
the truss comprises a compression member connected at the connection points to portions of the coil; and
the truss holds the portions away from each other at a predetermined distance.
4. The tape product of claim 3, wherein the connection points define a chord of the coil.
5. The tape product of claim 4, wherein:
the truss includes a upright truss connected to the diametrically opposite portions of the coil; and
at least one additional truss is connected to an additional portion of the coil at one or more of additional connection points.
6. The tape product of claim 1, wherein the trusses comprise at least one tension member connected to the coil at one or more of the connection points.
7. The tape product of claim 1, wherein:
the coil is a first coil;
the tape product further comprises a second coil; and
the truss suspends the second coil within the first coil.
8. The tape product of claim 1, wherein the truss comprises an external truss that forms a blister or spur extending radially outside an envelope of the coil.
9. The tape product of claim 8, wherein:
the truss is a first truss;
the tape product comprises a plurality of trusses including the first truss; and
the plurality of trusses comprises at least one tension member and at least one compression member.
10. The tape product of claim 9, wherein the tension member and the compression member are interconnected to provide the spur.
11. The tape product of claim 9, wherein the plurality of trusses comprise a plurality of upright compression members and a plurality of spurs.
12. The tape product of claim 11, further comprising an accessory platform mounted on an end of at least one of the upright compression members.
13. The tape product of claim 8, wherein:
the truss is a first truss;
the tape product includes a plurality of trusses including the first truss; and
the plurality of trusses form at least one blister on the coil.
14. A deployment system for deploying and retrieving a concertina tape product, the system comprising:
a product magazine having at least one base, a stanchion supported on the base, and a latch mounted on the stanchion;
the stanchion having an upright member extending upwardly from a first end of the base and a cantilever support member with a first end connected to the upright member and a second end extending in overlying relation to the base toward a second end of the base;
the cantilever support member having a connection structure at the second end of the cantilever support member for selectively receiving a gooseneck member; and
the gooseneck member removeably connected at a first end of the gooseneck member to the connection structure in one of at least two configurations.
15. The deployment system of claim 14, wherein the at least two configurations comprise:
a first deployment configuration in which the gooseneck member extends generally longitudinally aligned with a length of the cantilever support member; and
a second securing configuration in which the gooseneck member extends generally longitudinally transverse to the length of the cantilever support member.
16. The deployment system of claim 15, wherein:
the base has a locking structure on a second end of the base; and
the gooseneck has a mating locking structure on a second end of the gooseneck member releaseably lockable with the locking structure on the base.
17. The deployment system of claim 14, wherein the latch selectively secures the magazine to a vehicle.
18. The deployment system of claim 17, wherein the vehicle comprises a trailer with a height adjustable load support structure.
19. The deployment system of claim 14, wherein the base has rollers on an underside for rolling engagement with a ground surface.
20. The deployment system of claim 14, wherein the upright member is a height adjustable upright member.
21. The deployment system of claim 14, wherein the gooseneck member comprises a bend such that when the gooseneck member is attached to the cantilever support member in a first deployment configuration, the bend extends upwardly relative to the cantilever support member.
22. The deployment system of claim 21, wherein the gooseneck member further comprises an eccentric adjustably mounted at the bend to adjustably extend the bend upwardly relative to the cantilever support.
23. A shaped concertina tape product comprising:
a concertina coil forming an envelope of a predetermined configuration;
a plurality of trusses connected to the coil;
wherein the coil is rigidified against forces in one or more direction so that in a deployed state, an original dimension of the envelope in a rigidified direction is maintained while a dimension in a non-rigidified direction is reduced.
24. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 23, wherein the envelope has an elliptical section in the deployed state.
25. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 23, wherein the envelope has a generally give section in the deployed state.
26. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 25, wherein the trusses comprise upright trusses and the rigidified direction is in a generally vertical direction.
27. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 26, wherein a vertical dimension of the coil is approximately eighty inches in both the deployed state and the retracted state and a horizontal dimension is approximately sixty-four inches in the deployed state.
28. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 23, wherein the configuration of the envelope has a variety of preselected sectional dimensions along a length of the coil.
29. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 23, wherein:
the concertina coil is formed by a plurality concertina coil segments having respective helically progressive strands each having an end connected to an end of an adjacent one of the plurality of concertina coil segments;
wherein the strand of each adjacent segment progresses helically in an opposite rotational direction relative to the adjacent coil segment.
30. The shaped concertina tape product of claim 29, wherein the plurality of segments alternatingly comprise respective clockwise and counterclockwise helically progressive strands connected end to end.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A laser module comprising:
a substrate;
at least one prism, a frequency converter, a selective reflector, and at least one surface-emitter;
each positioned with respect to each other such that at least a portion of the light emission from the at least one surface-emitter travels through the at least one prism, through the frequency converter and through the selective reflector and at least another portion of the light emission cycles between the selective reflector and the at least one surface-emitter; and
wherein each of the at least one prism, the frequency converter, the selective reflector, and the at least one surface-emitter is coupled to the substrate.
2. A laser module comprising:
a substrate;
an optical element, a frequency converter, a selective reflector, and a surface-emitter, positioned with respect to each other such that at least a portion of the light emission from the surface-emitter travels through the optical element, through the frequency converter, and through the selective reflector; and
wherein the optical element, frequency converter, selective reflector, and surface-emitter are each coupled to the substrate.
3. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the surface-emitter and the optical element are positioned such that the optical element redirects at least a portion of the light emitted from the surface-emitter.
4. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the surface-emitter and the optical element are positioned such that the optical element does not redirect the light emission from the surface-emitter.
5. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the optical element polarizes at least a portion of the light emission from the surface-emitter.
6. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the optical element is capable of beam-splitting the light transmitted from the frequency converter such that light having a first set of frequencies is directed in a first direction and light having a second set of frequencies is directed in a second direction.
7. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the surface-emitter, the optical element, the frequency converter, and the selective reflector are further positioned such that at least a portion of the light emission from the surface-emitter may cycle between surface-emitter and the selective reflector.
8. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the surface-emitter forms a part of a vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser.
9. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the frequency converter comprises crystals capable of harmonic generation.
10. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the selective reflector is capable of selectively transmitting and reflecting specific frequencies of light.
11. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the frequency converter is temperature controlled by components coupled to the substrate and is substantially thermally isolated from the surface-emitter.
12. The laser module of claim 2, and further comprising a heat sink coupled to the substrate that controls the temperature of the surface-emitter.
13. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the optical element comprises one or more mirrors.
14. The laser module of claim 2, wherein the optical element comprises one or more prisms.
15. A method for frequency converting light generated by a surface-emitter comprising:
coupling a surface-emitter, an optical element, a frequency converter, and a selective reflector to a common substrate; and
directing the coherent light emission from the surface-emitter through the optical element, and through the frequency converter to the selective reflector.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the surface-emitter, the optical element, the frequency converter, and the selective reflector are positioned such that at least a portion of the light emission from the surface-emitter may cycle between the surface-emitter and the selective reflector through the frequency converter.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the surface-emitter forms a part of a vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the frequency converter comprises crystals capable of harmonic generation.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein the surface-emitter and the optical element are positioned such that the optical element redirects at least a portion of the light emitted from the surface-emitter.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein the surface-emitter and the optical element are positioned such that the optical element does not redirect the light emission from the surface-emitter.