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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1977
Fred S Hurt, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Michael A Cross, Severna Park, MD (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An improved passive optical range simulator device which can be used to test the ranging function of an optical radar ranger system having parallel beams leaving and entering. An adapter member provides for mechanical coupling and optical alignment of the simulator device with the ranger system. A focusing lens transforms parallel beams entering and leaving the ranger system into focused beams entering and leaving one end of a coil of optical fiber having a mirror at its opposite end to act as an optical delay medium. A primary tilted-glass-element optical attenuator limits optical energy allowed to reach the optical fiber entrance face, while defecting first surface reflection away from ranger system input. A removable attenuator assembly having oppositely-tilted flat glass elements at the fiber entrance face permits, by substitution, fine adjustment of beam attenuation. An X-Y-Z translation assembly for the fiber entrance face, together with a light source at the opposite end of the fiber, provides for proper alignment with the focused beams.