Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Forward looking turret
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Application No.: US14502358Application Date: 2014-09-30
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Publication No.: US09718561B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: John P. Blackburn , Ryan D. Sparks
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
- Agent Charles L. Moore
- Main IPC: F16M1/00
- IPC: F16M1/00 ; F16M3/00 ; F16M5/00 ; F16M7/00 ; F16M9/00 ; F16M11/00 ; B64D47/08 ; F16M13/02 ; G02B7/00 ; G01C21/18 ; F16M11/14 ; E04G3/00 ; F16M13/00 ; F42B10/00 ; G03B39/00 ; G03B13/20 ; G02B7/04 ; G03B3/00 ; G03B13/00 ; G03B17/00 ; G01S13/00 ; G08B13/196 ; F16M11/12 ; F16M11/18 ; G02B27/64 ; F16M11/10 ; F16M11/20 ; G01C19/16

Abstract:
A gimbal mechanism for a turret includes a support member and a pair of opposing yoke arms extending from the support member. The pair of opposing yoke arms define a first axis. A sphere is rotatably mounted between the opposing yoke arms for rotation about the first axis. A disk is rotatably mounted within the sphere for rotation about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The disk is sized for rotation within the sphere. The second axis may be offset from the first axis. An aperture is provided in the disk. The sphere includes a slot within which the aperture is moveable in response to rotation of the disk about the second axis. The aperture is movable to define a field of coverage in response to rotation of the sphere about the first axis and the disk about the second axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160090195A1 FORWARD LOOKING TURRET Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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