Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shutter assembly for managing light relative to a photosensitive device
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Application No.: US16167437Application Date: 2018-10-22
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Publication No.: US10771710B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Scott Balaban , Christopher A. Cox , Andrew L. Bullard
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Main IPC: H04N5/238
- IPC: H04N5/238 ; H04N5/235 ; G03B9/22 ; H02K41/035 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
A shutter assembly comprises a base coupled to a photosensor assembly, a flexure device supported by the base, and a shutter arm rotatably coupled to the base via the flexure device. An actuation mechanism is coupled to the shutter arm via the flexure device, and is operable, upon application of an electric field, to rotate the shutter arm from a first position to a second position (or to a third position) to manage light relative to a photosensitive device of the photosensor assembly. Upon rotation of the shutter arm to the second position, the flexure device stores energy such that, upon removal of the electric field, the flexure device releases the stored energy to return the shutter arm to the first position. A keeper magnet can be provided to maintain the shutter arm in the second (actuated) position, so that the electric field can be removed while the keeper magnet maintains a magnetic force to keep the shutter arm in the second position.
Public/Granted literature
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