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Swivelling mechanism for communication units

US12126379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Tobias Janocha · Backnang, DE
Andreas Scheffel · Auenwald, DE
Daniel Reicherter · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2022
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B10/1125
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical communication unit for sending and receiving optical communication signals is described. The optical communication unit includes an optical unit, an elevation drive and an azimuth drive. The optical unit emits and/or receives optical communication signals. The elevation drive is coupled with the optical unit by way of an elevation bearing and swivels the optical unit about an elevation axis. The azimuth drive is coupled with the optical unit and the elevation drive and turns the optical unit together with the elevation drive about an azimuth axis. The elevation axis is arranged eccentrically with respect to the azimuth axis, so that the elevation axis is offset with respect to the azimuth axis by a lateral offset. This allows the optical unit to be swiveled to alongside the azimuth drive, so that a swiveling range of the optical unit is increased.

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