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US 12,181,098 B2Granted
Composite frames for opto-mechanical support structures
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsMark R. Gurvich, Brian J. Smith
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Abstract
A frame for an opto-mechanical support structure includes an interconnected lattice of frame composite rods defined about an interior space with interstices defined between the frame composite rods. A method of making an opto-mechanical frame includes forming a frame of interconnected lattice of frame composite rods using one or more Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) around a mandrel. The method includes removing the mandrel from an interior space of the frame after forming the frame.
Claims13
A frame for an opto-mechanical support structure comprising:
- an interconnected lattice of fiber-reinforced frame composite rods defined about an interior space with interstices defined between the frame composite rods;
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- wall panels mounted to an exterior aspect of the lattice for protection of the interior space;
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- an optical-mechanical assembly with an objective lens, an entirety of which is mounted inside the lattice,
- wherein at least one of the interstices defines an optics or opto-mechanical aperture and at least one of the wall panels includes a panel aperture therethrough which is aligned with the optics or opto-mechanical aperture of the at least one of the interstices and the objective lens is aligned with the optics or opto-mechanical aperture of the at least one of the interstices from within the lattice.
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An optical and/or imaging assembly, comprising:
- an objective lens;
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- a frame for an opto-mechanical support structure comprising:
- an interconnected lattice of fiber-reinforced frame composite rods defined about an interior space in which an entirety of the objective lens in mounted with interstices defined between the frame composite rods;
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- wall panels mounted to an exterior aspect of the lattice for protection of the interior space,
- wherein at least one of the interstices defines an optics or opto-mechanical aperture, at least one of the wall panels includes a panel aperture therethrough which is aligned with the optics or opto-mechanical aperture of the at least one of the interstices and with which the objective lens is aligned from within the interior space and the frame is provided as two or more frames connected together as a three-dimensional gimbal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.