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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Us Gov't As Represented BY Secretary of Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Lentz, Niceville, FL (US);

Kevin Brink, Fort Walton Beach, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/10 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/025 (2013.01); G02B 5/10 (2013.01); G02B 19/0019 (2013.01); G02B 19/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract

A compact celestial tracker includes a platform, a rotation stage that rotatably coupled to the platform to rotate a plane of the platform about a rotation axis and that supports the platform on a substrate, an off-axis parabolic mirror mounted to one side of the platform and having a focal plane directed at an acute angle that is between the rotation axis and the plane of the platform to reflect and focus the beam at a point above another side of the platform, and a detector coupled to the other side of the platform to receive and detect the reflected and focused beam.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lentz, Joshua. (2024). Compact star tracker using off-axis parabolic mirror (U.S. Patent No. 12104907). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12104907

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