Opto-mechanical platform

US6844992B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Confluent Photonics Corporation · US

Inventors

• Thomas A. Schaefer · Groveland, US
• Gregory G. Cappiello · Lexington, US
• Ninghui Zhu · Winchester, US
• Kurt E. Abdelmaseh · Worcester, US
• Evgueni V. Babenko · Manchester, US
• William J. Hubbard · Foster, US
• Kevin J. McIntyre · Rochester, US
• Brian J. McKeen · Bow, US
• Paul Ouellette · North Andover, US
• Andrew J. Radl · Dunbarton, US
• Dick Rolfe · Biddeford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3628
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An opto-mechanical platform for supporting truncated optical elements having at least one substantially flat side surface is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the opto-mechanical platform may be realized as an apparatus for supporting truncated optical elements having at least one substantially flat side surface. Such an apparatus may comprise a platform having a substantially flat surface area for supporting the substantially flat side surface of the truncated optical elements. Such an apparatus may also comprise at least one substantially vertical wall formed on at least a portion of the platform for providing mechanical rigidity to the platform.