US 12,411,306 B2
Adjustable optical mount
Jason R. Lavine, McKinney, TX (US); and Steven Palomino, McKinney, TX (US)
Assigned to Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,468.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,900, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163762 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G02B 7/198 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 7/1821 (2013.01) [G02B 7/198 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable optical mount, comprising:
a base;
a first rotatable frame rotatably coupled to the base about an axis, the first rotatable frame configured to support an optical element;
a ramp operably coupled to the first rotatable frame such that translational movement of the ramp relative to the first rotatable frame causes rotation of the first rotatable frame about the axis to facilitate adjustment of the optical element in a rotational degree of freedom; and
a biasing mechanism configured to provide a biasing force on the first rotatable frame to maintain the first rotatable frame in a coupled relationship with the ramp as the ramp undergoes the translational movement.