Window structure with non-radial mounting support having graded

Details Window structure with non-radial mounting support having graded Window structure with non-radial mounting support having graded

1999-02-01

2000-08-01

Mack, Ricky

Optical: systems and elements

Lens

With support

G02B 702

Patent

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060975539

ABSTRACT:
A window structure includes a housing, a window received into the housing, and a mounting support joining the window to the housing. The mounting support has an outer support ring joined to the housing, where the outer support ring has a coefficient of thermal expansion of about that of the housing, and an inner support ring joined to the window, where the inner support ring has a coefficient of thermal expansion of about that of the window. The inner support ring is joined to the outer support ring by a single-segment or multi-segment ring with a gradation in thermal expansion coefficient, but is not radially aligned with the outer support ring. The result is a large reduction in the stresses and strains otherwise imposed on the window.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4699335 (1987-10-01), DeOms et al.
patent: 5391958 (1995-02-01), Kelly
patent: 5557474 (1996-09-01), McCrary
patent: 5809707 (1998-09-01), Bargados et al.

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