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Collet mounting for an optical element

US4989965A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1989
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/18
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an optical system having an optical element (such as a diffraction grating) mounted on a shaft which is to be affixed to the shaft of a driver such as a galvanometer, a collet assembly is used to couple the two shafts together so as to maintain the two shafts coaxially relative to each other.

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