Optical device with lens positioning and method of making the same
US7385772B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B7/021
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Optical devices which accurately position optical elements and methods for producing such optical devices. Each optical element is carried by a support on an axis that has portions plastically deformed to overlap portions of the faces of the optical element adjacent an intermediate peripheral surface. This configuration locks the optical element axially in the support and produces a positive rigid retaining structure for each optical element.
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