Patent
1988-02-25
1988-10-04
Buczinski, Stephen C.
G02B 718
Patent
active
H00005304
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for staking two optical elements together in order to retain their alignment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a removable adaptor made up of first and second adaptor bodies each having a lateral slot in their front and side faces. The adaptor also includes a system for releasably attaching each adaptor body to a respective optical element such that when the two optical elements are positioned relative to one another the adaptor bodies are adjacent and the lateral slots therein are aligned to form key slots. The adaptor includes keys which are adapted to fit into the key slots. A curable filler material is employed to retain the keys in the key slots and thereby join the first and second adaptor bodies to form the adaptor. Also disclosed is a method for staking together two optical elements employing the adaptor of the present invention.
Buczinski Stephen C.
Chafin James H.
Daniel Anne
Hightower Judson R.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
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