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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2013
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Chadwick B. Martin, Tucson, AZ (US);
David J. Knapp, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory P. Hanauska, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An offset aperture two-axis gimbaled optical system comprises a two-axis gimbal and an optics assembly that is mounted on the inner gimbal and offset radially from the rotation axis of the outer gimbal. The optics assembly is suitably offset so that its optical aperture does not overlap the rotation axis of the outer gimbal and its optical aperture is symmetric about the rotation axis of the inner gimbal. In different applications, the offset aperture provides for reduced optical aberrations and improved utilization of the available packaging volume to accommodate multiple offset aperture optics assemblies.