Method and apparatus for centering a lens within an optical bore sleeve
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsDavid D Bohn, Eugene A Miksch
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for centering an optical component, such as a lens element, within an optical bore sleeve. The optical component has an outer perimeter, and the optical bore sleeve has an inner perimeter for receiving the outer perimeter of the optical component. A plurality of deformable ridges are interposed between the outer perimeter of the optical component and the inner perimeter of the sleeve for aligning the optical component and the sleeve along a common optical axis as the ridges are deformed upon insertion of the optical component into the sleeve.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a optical component having an outer perimeter;
- and
- an optical bore sleeve having an inner perimeter for receiving the outer perimeter of the optical component;
- a plurality of deformable ridges interposed between the outer perimeter of the optical component and the inner perimeter of the sleeve for aligning the optical component and the sleeve along a common optical axis as the ridges are deformed upon insertion of the optical component into the sleeve, wherein the deformable ridges each have a respective longitudinal dimension that is substantially within a range from approximately one millimeter to approximately three millimeters.
A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a optical component having an outer perimeter;
- and further providing an optical bore sleeve having an inner perimeter for receiving the outer perimeter of the optical component;
- interposing a plurality of deformable ridges between the outer perimeter of the optical component and the inner perimeter of the sleeve, wherein the deformable ridges each have a respective longitudinal dimension that is substantially within a range from approximately one millimeter to approximately three millimeters;
- inserting the optical component into the sleeve;
- deforming the ridges;
- and
- aligning the optical component and the sleeve along a common optical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.