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US 7,607,616 B2Granted
Docking device
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorMark A. Lundgren
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Abstract
A docking target indicator for a docking device is provided. The docking target indicator comprises a base layer, having a rear surface and a front surface; wherein the front surface of the base layer is reflective; and a baffle structure is secured to the base layer.
Claims21
A docking target indicator comprising:
- a base layer, having a rear surface and a front surface;
- wherein the front surface of the base layer is reflective;
- and
- a baffle structure secured to the front surface of the base layer;
- wherein the baffle structure is (i) a conical baffle structure formed of concentric conical segments of increasing diameter with respect to a center of the conical baffle structure, or (ii) a pyramidal baffle structure formed of rectangular segments of increasing dimension with respect to a center of the pyramidal structure.
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A docking target for a docking device comprising:
- a docking target indicator having a base layer with a rear surface and a front surface;
- wherein the front surface of the base layer is reflective;
- and a baffle structure is secured to the front surface of the base layer, wherein the baffle structure is (i) a conical baffle structure formed of concentric conical segments of increasing diameter with respect to a center of the conical baffle structure, or (ii) a pyramidal baffle structure formed of rectangular segments of increasing dimension with respect to a center of the pyramidal structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.