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Jitter minimization flexure pointing system
United States Patent
| 10,739,609 | |
| August 11, 2020 | |
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| The illustrative embodiments provide for a telescope. The telescope includes a housing; an optical assembly disposed inside the housing and configured to gather light from a distant object; and a jitter reduction system connected to the housing. The jitter reduction system includes a first flexure assembly comprising a first base to which is attached to a first armature connected to a first linear motor winding configured to push out a first flexure connected to the first armature and to push out a second flexure connected to the first armature opposite the first flexure, wherein the first flexure and the second flexure have a first normal axis pointing through a center of mass of the optical assembly. | |
| 16/051,570 | |
| August 1, 2018 | |
| 1/1; | |
| G02B 27/64 (20060101); G02B 23/16 (20060101); | |
| ;359/399 | |
| STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The U.S. Government has certain rights in the invention. |