A Lens Assembly and Housing Therefor for Use with a Submarine Periscope

Abstract

In a lens assembly and housing therefor for use in conjunction with an optical apparatus, the lens assembly includes a lens frame of nonferrous material and defining a window having a lip therein along a periphery of the window, a lens disposed in the window and adjacent the lip, a pair of spaced magnets on the frame, and a grip formed on the frame. The housing includes first and second walls opposed to each other and in part defining a pocket, the first wall being nonferrous and the second wall being magnetically permeable, the pocket being adapted to receive the lens assembly with the grip of the frame extending beyond the pocket. The magnets interact with the magnetically permeable second wall of the pocket to releasably retain the lens assembly in the lens assembly housing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 20, 2001
Accession Number
ADD019833

Entities

People

  • Riad Sayegh
  • Wendell C. Maciejewski

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Boundaries
  • Composite Materials
  • Inventions
  • Line Of Sight
  • Magnetic Circuits
  • Magnetic Forces
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Optical Equipment
  • Patent Applications
  • Periscopes
  • Screw Threads
  • Submarine Periscopes
  • Submarines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster