Leica Microsystems Cms Gmbh

Leica Microsystems Wetzlar Gmbh

Oliver Jagemann

Christophe Apothéloz

A device for retaining optical components includes a number of open orifices disposed next to one another in an arrangement. A raceway corresponding to the arrangement is provided, the raceway including a number of detents. A ball bearing follows the raceway and cooperates with the detents so that each of the detents is brought, in a respective following direction, into click-stop engagement with the ball bearing so as to hold the orifices in a selected position. Each of the detents has, in the respective following direction, a profile including a combination of an outer and an inner arc-shaped profile. The outer profile has less curvature than the inner profile and surrounds the inner profile.

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Goettingen, Germany

Oliver Jagemann