ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,326, issued on March 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Dual path wide field of regard optical steering system" was invented by Richard Ready (Frisco, Texas), Chris Shreve (Celina, Texas) and Sean G. Thomas (McKinney, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical assembly includes a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, and an optical steering system configured to support and position the primary mirror and the secondary mirror. The optical steering system includes a base and a yoke rotatably coupled to the base. The yoke is configured to support the primary mirror to rotate the primary mirror about a first axis and t...