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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Ocean Optics, Inc., Largo, FL (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth D. White, Cocoa, FL (US);
Warren H. Miller, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Reeder N. Ward, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Ocean Optics, Inc., Largo, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/0289 (2013.01); G01J 3/0202 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical system design using Morse Taper mounted optical components for improving alignment performance, and more specifically a spectrometer design wherein the components include Morse Taper male tapers and the spectrometer bench include Morse Taper female openings that eases alignment and improves alignment stability, both physical and temperature related, of optical components while simplifying manufacture and maintaining a compact footprint is disclosed.