- A-Pillar
Roof support between windshield and side window of an automobile
- Backlash
Amount by which the width of a tooth space exceed the thickness of the engaging tooth.
- Backdrive (Reversability)
Driving a mechanical system in reverse
- Bevel Gear
Gear used to connect intersecting shares in any given speed ratio.
- Closed Loop Feedback
System in which input is controlled via measured output
- Dove Lens
Optical lens which rotate image at twice the rotation of lens itself.
- EMF
Electro-magnetic field
- FLIR
Forward Looking InfraRed used by the U.S. Military
- Frustum
The part of a solid cone or pyramid next to the base that is formed by cutting off the top by a plane parallel to the base
- Gimbal
Device that permits a body to incline freely in any direction or suspends it so that it will remain level when its support is tipped
- Lightbar
Bar or fixture on which emergency lights are mounted
- Linkage System
Mechanism to transmit and/or transform torque from one body to anouther
- Morphological Analysis
A graphical means of brainstorming the possible solutions to specific functions
- NIGHTSIGHT
Thermal radiation camera
- Slip Ring
One of two or more continuous conducting rings from which the brushes take or to which they deliver current in a dynamo or motor
- Universal Joint
A shaft coupling capable of transmitting rotation from one shaft to another not collinear with it -- called also universal coupling.
- Worm Gear
Gear used for obtaining large speed reductions between non-intersecting shafts, making an angle of 90\xa1 to each other.
NIGHTSIGHT Pan and Tilt
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