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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Patrick Reardon, Madison, AL (US);
Inventor:
Patrick Reardon, Madison, AL (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/195 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2006.01); G02B 7/18 (2006.01); G02B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/1827 (2013.01); G02B 7/185 (2013.01); G02B 7/1815 (2013.01); G02B 7/195 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally pertains to lightweight adaptive metal cooled mirrors and methods of producing the same. The metal mirror surface is integrated with and supported by metal channels which are physically incorporated into the mirror surface through an additive manufacturing process. These channels are nominally conformal with the desired mirror surface shape. A liquid or gaseous coolant may be directed through some or all of the channels to cool the mirror surface. The mirrors are produced through an additive manufacturing process which allows for the creation of a unitary optical mirror containing finely spaced channels.