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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
Nathan A. Stutzke, Westminster, CO (US);
Mark C. Leifer, Boulder, CO (US);
Bradley J. Tame, Thornton, CO (US);
Dean A. Paschen, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kiersten Kerby, Somerville, MA (US);
Nathan A. Stutzke, Westminster, CO (US);
Mark C. Leifer, Boulder, CO (US);
Bradley J. Tame, Thornton, CO (US);
Dean A. Paschen, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kiersten Kerby, Somerville, MA (US);
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A low-profile lens element for steering a beam is provided. Specifically, the low-profile lens element is mechanically rotatable such that a beam can be steered in any direction within three-dimensional space. The lens element may include a number of discrete portions for differentially delaying adjacent discrete portions of a beam in order to effect beam steering. These discrete portions may vary in width. In addition, multiple lens elements may be provided.