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Light-weight mirror blank assembly

US7766494B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2008
Grant dateAug 3, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24727
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light-weight mirror blank assembly, having at least one sheet of corrugated material; and at least one face sheet in intimate contact with a surface of the sheet of corrugated material forming the light-weight mirror blank assembly. The light-weight mirror blank assembly has an areal density less than an equivalent blank assembly having a solid support structure for supporting a mirrored surface.

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