Laterally adjustable optical mount with bent lever manipulator units

US7903353B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lutz Reichmann · Jena, DE
• Marco Bornschein · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B7/003
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an optical mount, in particular a lens mount, which is divided by a plurality of cuts in the mount material into a stationary outer mounting ring, a laterally adjustable inner mounting ring and three bent lever manipulator units which are offset by 120° relative to one another and which comprise a bent lever having a first element, one end of which is connected by way of a bent lever flexure hinge to one end of a second element, the other end of the first element being connected to the inner mounting ring, the other end of the second element being connected to the outer mounting ring, and with the first and second elements enclosing a bent angle smaller than 180°. By manipulating the three bent lever manipulator units, any center position of the inner mounting ring can be adjusted relative to the center of the outer mounting ring within an intended displacement range.