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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Michael K. Burkland, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/22 (2006.01); F42B 30/00 (2006.01); F41G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/2213 (2013.01); F42B 30/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ball joint gimbal (BJG) seeker assembly is provided and includes a back shell, a retaining system disposed to urge the seeker ball toward the back shell and a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor and sensor system arrayed between the seeker ball and the back shell. The piezoelectric ultrasonic motor and sensor system is pre-loaded by the retaining system and configured to controllably drive an angular orientation of the seeker ball.