US 12,326,349 B2
Modular, palletized system for a deployable sensor
Kurt Parsons, Hollywood, MD (US)
Assigned to Platform Aerospace, Inc., Hollywood, MD (US)
Filed by Platform Aerospace, Inc., Hollywood, MD (US)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/401,905.
Application 18/401,905 is a continuation of application No. 17/223,145, filed on Apr. 6, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/223,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/255,237, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,969,256, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/620,559, filed on Jan. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133722 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G01D 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 11/245 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deployable sensor system, comprising:
a pallet;
a moveable carriage moveably mounted on said pallet;
an arm having a main shaft affixed to said moveable carriage at a first end of said arm, said main shaft having an angled lower face, and a lower collar rotatably mounted to said main shaft at a second end of said arm opposite said first end of said arm, said lower collar having an angled upper face mating with said angled lower face, said arm defining a longitudinal axis extending from said first end of said arm toward said second end of said arm; and
a sensor head having an exterior housing mounted to said lower collar, wherein said sensor head exterior housing is rotatably mounted to said lower collar for rotation about said longitudinal axis and for rotation about an axis that is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis;
wherein said lower collar is rotatable with respect to said main shaft about an axis that is not colinear to said longitudinal axis.