Optical post mount system and method of use
AssigneeNewport Corporation
InventorsKen NGUYEN, James FISHER, Rick SEBASTIAN
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Abstract
An optical mount system that may be adjusted by a variety of devices and methods. In some cases, a post collar assembly may be configured to engage a collar coupling surface of a post holder body such that the post collar engages the collar coupling surface in indexed and predetermined angular positions. In some cases, a base of a post holder body may be configured to accept a secondary base element in the form of a mounting adapter which may be releasably secured the base to provide additional stiffness for the mounting of the base to a reference surface.
Claims30
An optical mount assembly, comprising:
- an optical post mount system, including:
- a post holder body;
- a mounting base disposed at a lower end of the post holder body in fixed relation thereto, the mounting base comprising a flat bottom surface and an adapter receiver therein;
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- a mounting adapter including a flat bottom surface and a coupling extension which is configured to be detachably coupled to the mounting base with the coupling extension engaged with the adapter receiver and with the flat bottom surface of the mounting adapter being parallel to the flat bottom surface of the mounting base.
The optical mount assembly of claim 13 further comprising a positioner receiver hole disposed in communication between the post receiver and the adapter receiver.
An optical mount assembly, comprising:
- an optical post mount system, including:
- a post holder body including a rigid structure, an upper end, a lower end, and a post receiver,
- a mounting base disposed at the lower end of the post holder body in fixed relation thereto, the mounting base including a rigid structure, a flat bottom surface and an adapter receiver disposed therein,
- a mounting adapter including a rigid structure, a flat bottom surface and a coupling extension which is configured to be detachably coupled to the adapter receiver and with the flat bottom surface of the mounting adapter being parallel to the flat bottom surface of the mounting base;
- a rigid elongate optical post operatively coupled with the post receiver of the post holder body, the optical post including an upper end and a lower end;
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- an optical mount secured to the upper end of the optical post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.