Patent ID: 9664562
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G01J,G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. A system comprising: an assembly comprising one or more focal plane arrays, each comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein the one or more focal plane arrays captures an image of a scene; a support structure; an optical assembly fixed to the support structure, wherein the optical assembly projects an image of the scene at the one or more focal plane arrays; a cryogenically-cooled cold head in a vacuum Dewar that is coupled to the support structure; a flexure structure that is thermally and mechanically coupled between the cold head and the assembly, wherein motion of the flexure structure is constrained to one or more degrees of freedom; and a drive actuator mechanically coupled to the flexure structure, the drive actuator causes movement of the focal plane arrays relative to the support structure in accordance with the one or more degrees of freedom of the flexure structure, wherein the flexure structure constrains motion of the assembly to the one or more degrees of freedom and conducts thermal power from the assembly to the cryogenically-cooled cold head.