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US 7,680,369 B2Granted
Optical fibre switching assembly
AssigneePolatis Limited
InventorsJonathan Horton James, Andrew Nicholas Dames
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Abstract
An optical beam steering arrangement, comprises: a moveable optical element; actuating means for causing the movement of said element; a connecting means between said element and said actuating means for transmitting movement from said actuating means to said element; and flexure means which carry said optical element and are compliant with the displacement of said optical element.
Claims21
An optical beam steering arrangement, comprising:
- a moveable optical element;
- a first powered actuator for causing the movement of said optical element in a first direction;
- a second powered actuator for causing the movement of said optical element in a second direction, said second direction being substantially orthogonal to said first direction;
- a first passive flexure means disposed between said optical element and said first powered actuator for transmitting movement from said first powered actuator to said optical element;
- and
- a second passive flexure means disposed between said optical element and said second powered actuator for transmitting movement from said second powered actuator to said optical element
- wherein the second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
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An optical beam steering arrangement, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a moveable optical element;
- a first powered actuator for causing the movement of said optical element in a first direction;
- a second powered actuator for causing the movement of said optical element in a second direction, said second direction being substantially orthogonal to said first direction;
- and
- a unitary assembly comprising:
- a first connection from said optical element to said first powered actuator;
- and
- a second connection from said optical element to said second powered actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.