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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Nathan E. Rines, Hollis, NH (US);
Heather L. Keegan, Bedford, NH (US);
Kevin A. LaRochelle, Goffstown, NH (US);
Paul F. Messier, Brookline, NH (US);
Stephen J. Pond, Ayer, MA (US);
Michael J. Powers, Amherst, NH (US);
Glen A. Rines, Hollis, NH (US);
Donald K. Smith, Rye, NH (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for a precision variable-focus telescope that includes a telescope housing containing an optical system; a gap pad including a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the gap pad is attached to the telescope housing; a heat spreader including a first side and a second side, wherein the heat spreader is contiguous with the telescope housing and wherein the second side of the heat spreader is attached to the second side of the gap pad; a temperature-sensing device connected to the first side of the heat spreader; and an electric-film heater including a first side and a second side, wherein the second side of the electric-film heater is attached to the first side of the heat spreader.