Optical switch alignment mechanism
US7406246B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/351
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for aligning an optical element of an optical actuator. The optical actuator moves a guide between a retracted and an extended position relative to an actuator body. The actuator body has a channel, or through-opening, in which the mirror guide moves. In one embodiment, the channel has a two flat surfaces that form a portion of a v-groove in the channel. In the extended position, the guide contacts a stop pin, or stopper, and the two flat surfaces in the through-opening, thereby holding the guide in a position defined by the line of contact between the stop pin and an angled surface of the guide and a pair of parallel contact lines where the guide contacts the two flat surfaces in the through-opening.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.