Micropositioning device
US6917140B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J2237/20264
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention relates to a device for micropositioning of an object (4), e.g. for use in a microscope. The device comprises an acceleration unit (1) and an intermediate part (3), connecting said acceleration unit (1) with said object (4). The position of the object relative to the acceleration unit (1) is variable at high acceleration or retardation of said acceleration unit (1), owing to mechanical inertia of the object (4). Further, the intermediate part (3) has a first end (3′), being attached to said acceleration unit (1), and a second end (3″), being provided with an essentially circumferential contact surface (3a), and the object (4) is provided with clamping elements (4′). These clamping elements (4′) are adapted to clamp around said contact surface (3a) of said intermediate part (3) in order to hold the object (4) in relation to the intermediate part (3) merely by the clamping force and the frictional force exerted by said clamping elements (4′) upon said contact surface (3a).
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