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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:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A. Carreras, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dan K. Marker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James M. Wilkes, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Dennis Duneman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James R. Rotge, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/08 ; G02B 7/182 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/08 ; G02B 7/182 ;
Abstract
A membrane mirror having an optical quality spherical shape maintained by differential pressure takes a near parabolic shape when a plunger-induced displacement of the central area of the mirror is introduced. The focal length can be adjusted by varying the differential pressure.