Portable guidance assembly test station

US7047801B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• Clark Stephens · Tucson, US
• Jessie Roy Nichols · Tucson, US
• Bryan Nichols · Green Valley, US
• Ryan J. Peters · Tucson, US
• Richard Collins · Tucson, US
• David John Drew · Tucson, US
• Jon Rocky Boyd · Tucson, US
• Richard Stephen Dotson · Tucson, US
• Scott David Zibrat · Tucson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2004
• Grant date: May 23, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41G7/004
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A portable system (20) for testing an electro-optical guidance assembly (22) includes an electro-optical test unit (40) with at least two sources of electromagnetic energy at different wavelengths for selectively illuminating the guidance assembly. The electro-optical test unit (40) is mounted within a frame (56) that can be part of a wheeled cart (50). The system (20) further includes one or more of: an adjustable fixture (84) for supporting a guidance assembly (22) for testing, a processor unit (42) for controlling the electro-optical test unit (40), a power supply unit (44) for providing electrical power to the electro-optical test unit (40) and the guidance assembly (22), and a leak test unit (46) for generating a vacuum in the guidance assembly (22) or for pressurizing the guidance assembly (22) with an inert gas to test for leaks.