Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Itt Corporation

Alan David Bell

Benjamin Joffe

James Edward Bowman

Richard V Annable

Robert Alan Hookman

Robert Edward Wilcox

Eric Johann Schacher

Shaun Richard Cronin

William M Franklin

An adjustable optical device including an optical element, a housing having an adjusting post fixed thereto, the optical element mounted to the housing, the housing adjusting post having a plane of movement, and an adjustment mechanism, the housing flexibly connected to the adjustment mechanism, the adjustment mechanism comprising a moving adjusting member in sliding engagement with the housing adjusting post, one of the adjusting member and the housing adjusting post comprising a wedge. The housing adjusting post is urged into movement in its plane of movement in response to relative movement between the adjusting member and the adjusting post, whereby the orientation of the optical element relative to the adjusting mechanism is adjusted by movement of the moving adjusting member.

Precisely adjustable optical device having vibration and temperature stability

The present invention is an off-axis collimator used to monitor the optoelectronic performance of a radiometer, which off-axis collimator is comprised of a single off-axis paraboloidal mirror, a broadband radiant energy source housed in an integrating sphere, detectors for monitoring the performance of the broadband radiant energy source, and a housing for the collimator.

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Alan David Bell