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US 2006/0130593 A1Published application
Sensors
AssigneeBAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions Inc.
InventorsLes Richards, Duke Ngo, David Lang
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Abstract
Embodiments of a sensor that can be folded and stowed inside a compartment and then unfolded and deployed from the compartment for use in detecting objects laid on the ground or buried in the ground. Methods of manipulating such sensors.
Claims17
A sensor comprising:
- a central section;
- two side sections, each side section being connected to the central section such that each side section can rotate substantially 180 degrees about a side axis between a folded position and a flat position;
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- a section supporting structure to which the central and side sections are connected such that central and side sections can rotate about a rear axis oriented substantially perpendicularly to the side axes between an upwardly-angled position and a downwardly-angled position when the side sections are in the flat position.
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A sensor comprising:
- a central section having a top surface;
- two side sections, each side section having a top surface, each side section being connected to the central section such that the side sections can rotate between a folded position in which the top surface of each side section faces the top surface of the central section and a flat position in which the top surfaces of the side sections are substantially coplanar with the top surface of the central section;
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- a mechanism configured to (a) extend the central section and the side sections from a stowed position inside a compartment to a deployed position outside the compartment, (b) rotate the side sections from the folded position to the flat position and from the flat position to the folded position, and (c) retract the central section and the side sections from the deployed position to the stowed position.
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A method for manipulating a sensor comprising:
- opening a sensor stowage compartment;
- extending a sensor from a stowed position inside the sensor stowage compartment to a deployed position outside the sensor stowage compartment, the sensor comprising a central section and two side sections connected to the central section, each section having a top surface;
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- unfolding the two side sections from a folded position in which the top surface of each side section faces the top surface of the central section to a flat position in which the top surface of each side section is substantially coplanar with the top surface of the central section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.