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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:
Jul. 01, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard R LaTorre, Bedford, MA (US);
Barry N Levitt, Framingham, MA (US);
Gordon C MacKenzie, North Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 244-316 ; 250236 ;
Abstract
A 'free-gyro' configuration of an optical seeker is shown to consist of a focusing and reticle arrangement rotatable about a point on an axis and an optical detector array translatable along a path parallel to such axis to maintain the center of such detector array on the image plane of the focusing and reticle means.