Adjustable optical mounting
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsPhilip Christopher Theriault, Anthony O. Lee, Christopher A. Roth
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Abstract
An adjustable optical mounting includes a mounting support or frame, and multiple adjusters to provide a six-degree-of-freedom adjustment of the support relative to a base. The adjusters include cams with cam surfaces that bear against and engage slots in the support or frame, to translate the support in directions parallel to the base. In addition, threaded devices and resilient (compliant) devices such as springs are utilized to adjust the height of the support relative to the base, at multiple locations. The cams and the threaded devices of the adjusters may be independently adjusted to translate the support relative to the base, and/or to change the height and/or tilt angle of the support.
Claims41
An adjustable optical mounting comprising:
- a base;
- a support configured to receive at least one optical device;
- and
- plural adjusters having respective cams that include eccentric cam surfaces that are mechanically coupled to the support;
- wherein each of the adjusters are used to adjust the support relative to the base in two directions without any disassembly of the mounting, by rotation of two independent parts of the adjuster, wherein one of the independent parts includes the cam of the adjuster.
An adjustable optical mounting comprising:
- a base;
- a support configured to receive at least one optical device;
- and
- plural adjusters having respective cams that include eccentric cam surfaces that are mechanically coupled to the support;
- wherein rotation of the cams causes translation of the support relative to the base;
- and
- wherein the adjusters also include respective threaded fasteners and respective resilient devices that are mechanically coupled to the base and the support, and that are configured to adjust the height of parts of the support, relative to the base.
An adjustable optical mounting that is part of a system, the adjustable optical mounting comprising:
- a base;
- a support configured to receive at least one optical device;
- and
- plural adjusters for adjusting the support relative to the base while the system is within a cryogenic temperature environment;
- wherein each of the adjusters are used to adjust the support relative to the base in at least two orthogonal directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.