Flexure mount for an optical assembly
US8205853B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG12B5/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flexure mount for economically producing pure translational motion with no arcuate or error motion in the vertical direction utilizing alignment pins and parts reducing structures including monolithic springs. A low profile embodiment utilizes a compound monolithic spring. The flexure mount may be used to translate a mirror or retroreflector in a purely linear direction of precisely controlled and known distance, useful in myriad interferometer applications including spectroscopy.
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