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Holder for optical components

US8134789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventor

Elmar Teichtmann · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2010
Grant date	Mar 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B7/028
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A holder for optical components includes a two-part holder housing that forms an essentially ring-shaped enclosure surrounding an optical component; in addition the two housing parts have different thermal expansion coefficients. To create a holder for optical components that is both simple in structure and ensures a low-tension and insulated enclosure of the optical component, it is proposed with the invention that one housing part should be configured as a ring that surrounds the optical component and on whose housing interior close to the optical component a groove should be configured that surrounds and encloses the optical component and serves as a receptacle for the second housing part, which is configured as a tension ring.

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