Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With support
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-24
2005-05-24
Robinson, Mark A. (Department: 2872)
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With support
C359S198100, C403S291000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06896384
ABSTRACT:
A light-translation system includes a fixed base and translatable mirror mount having mirror-supporting brackets. A first and second arm are pivotally attached in parallel, spaced-apart relation adjacent first ends to the base and adjacent second ends to the mirror mount to form a parallelogram-shaped attachment with the base and mirror mount. The pivotal attachments are formed using flexural pivots, each having a thick portion oriented for achieving minimal angular deviation of the mirror. A first bracket has three pads for supporting one side of the mirror. A second bracket has two surfaces shaped to support an edge of the mirror, each surface positioned opposite a pad. A washer dimensioned to admit a mounting screw is positionable opposite a third pad against an outside wall of the mirror mount to removably retain the mirror without imposing appreciable bending stress thereon.
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Eskew David
McWhirter John E.
Thair David
Alcon RefractiveHorizons, Inc.
Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
Robinson Mark A.
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