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US 8,712,201 B2Granted
Bullet lens design for the dasal seeker
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Choiniere, Chris M. Bower, James R. Lynch, III, Carl Alan Way, Marcus Hatch
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Abstract
An optic assembly is provided, that assembly comprising: a bullet collection lens; a plurality of fiber optic fiber bundles; and those fiber optic bundles being parallel to a central channel.
Claims11
An optic assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a bullet collection lens;
- a plurality of fiber optic fiber bundles;
- each fiber optic bundle in said plurality of fiber optic bundles comprising optic fibers within a thin wallet shrink sleeve:
- a collar disposed around said plurality of fiber optic bundles, said bundles being compressed by said collar such that said plurality of fiber optic bundles has a round cross section and said fiber optic bundles being parallel to a central channel and abutting a flat side of said bullet collection lens;
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- said collar is disposed proximate to an end of said plurality of fiber optic bundles, and said end of said plurality is polished and flushed with said collar.
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A method for the manufacturing of an optical assembly;
- said method comprising:
- assembling a plurality of fiber optic bundles within a collar;
- aligning ends of bundles within said plurality of fiber optic bundles with each other such that said ends of bundles are substantially coplanar;
- polishing said ends of bundles flush to said collar;
- applying said ends to a flat surface of a bullet collection lens.
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An optic assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a bullet collection lens;
- a plurality of fiber optic fiber bundles, each fiber optic bundle in said plurality of fiber optic bundles comprising optic fibers within a thin walled shrink sleeve;
- a collar disposed around said plurality of fiber optic bundles, said bundles being compressed by said collar such that said plurality of fiber optic bundles has a round cross section and
- said collar optic bundles being parallel to a central channel and abutting a flat side of said bullet collection lens;
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- said bullet collection lens is configured to optimize a spot size being ported to fibers within said plurality of fiber optic fiber bundles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.