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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Robert M. Stokes, The Colony, TX (US);
William M. Bowser, Plano, TX (US);
Clint E. Bolen, Frisco, TX (US);
Jerry L. Stiller, Wylie, TX (US);
Robert M. Stokes, The Colony, TX (US);
William M. Bowser, Plano, TX (US);
Clint E. Bolen, Frisco, TX (US);
Jerry L. Stiller, Wylie, TX (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An optical super-elevation device including an elevation follower mirror that counter-rotates with an opposite angular rate to the weapon elevation rate, thereby maintaining the line of sight to the target during the elevation process. In one example, the optical super-elevation device includes a modular housing having a mounting bracket configured to fixedly mount to at a weapon or azimuth axis of a tripod, an elevation follower mirror rotatably mounted within the housing, and a mirror actuator coupled to the elevation follower mirror and configured to counter-rotate the elevation follower mirror at an angular rate opposite to an elevation rate of the weapon to maintain a line of sight to a target during super-elevation of the weapon.