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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM (US);
Matthew Squires, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Estevan Nunez, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Benjamin Watson, Yuma, AZ (US);
Cole Yarbrough, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Kasch, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM (US);
Abstract
A piezoelectric rotary optical mount including a clamp including a first hole to hold a hollow member, wherein a contact between the clamp and the hollow member generates a coefficient of friction; a bias element adjacent to the first hole to apply a force to control rotational movement of the hollow member by adjusting the coefficient of friction; and a piezoelectric element to actuate the bias element to apply the force. The clamp may include a housing body including a first end and a second end, wherein the first hole extends in a first axis through the housing body to accommodate the hollow member; a pair of elongated cutout regions extending from the first hole towards the second end to define the bias element; and a second hole adjacent to at least one of the cutout regions to accommodate the piezoelectric element.