ADVANCED SEEKER WITH LARGE LOOK ANGLE
Assignee
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, A CORP. OF DELAWARE
Filed
Oct 15, 1990
Granted
Jan 18, 1994
Location
ONTARIO, CA US
Abstract
A gimbal mount for mounting a seeker for a large look angle comprises a base support frame for attachment to an airframe, a roll axis frame having a base and a pair of spaced apart forwardly positioned gimbal supports mounted for rotation about the roll axis of the frame, a pitch gimbal ring pivotally mounted on the roll axis frame for pivoting about a pitch axis, a yaw gimbal frame pivotally mounted for pivoting about a yaw axis on the pitch gimbal, a pitch drive motor and a yaw drive motor coaxially mounted directly on and coaxial of the roll axis frame, and a drive cable connecting the respective motors to the respective gimbals.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Mar 1, 1991
Rescinded
May 26, 1993
Duration
2 years, 2 months
Inventor
- 1TIMOTHY A. ADAMA
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5279479
- Application
- 07597631
- Aerospace match
- No
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records