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Method and apparatus for aligning collimated light beams

US8056245B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

L-3 Insight Technology Incorporated · US

Inventors

Brian W. Cranton · Sanbornton, US
Steven E. Morin · Nottingham, US
Steven E. Dolbec · Nashua, US
Matthew Tapley · Manchester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2008
Grant date	Nov 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M11/04
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical bench configured to hold two or more sources of collimated light utilizes prisms that when rotated generate rings of possible angular directions of light that overlap at one or more locations at which the two or more beams are coaligned.

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