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Precision optical mount

US8139289B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Lovell E Comstock, II · Charlestown, US
Michael D Lathrop · Swanzey, US
Bruce Hildreth Myrick · Keene, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2010
Grant date	Mar 20, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/10
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical apparatus has a primary optical element having a primary spherical optical surface with a primary center of curvature, wherein the primary spherical optical surface has a peripheral portion that extends outside a usable aperture of the optical apparatus, and a secondary optical element. A mount suspends the secondary optical element spaced apart from the primary optical element, wherein the mount comprises a number of leg sections, each leg section extending between the primary and secondary optical elements. Each leg section terminates in a spherical mating surface that rests against the peripheral portion of the primary optical element. The spherical mating surface has a mating surface center of curvature that is substantially concentric with the primary center of curvature.

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