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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Leica Geosystems Ag, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/122 (2006.01); G02B 7/18 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/122 (2013.01); G02B 7/1805 (2013.01); G02B 7/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spherically mounted retroreflector comprising an optic inlay, the optic inlay comprising a retroreflector having a vertex and an axis of symmetry, and a carrier having an at least partly spherical outer surface and a cavity, wherein the optic inlay is arranged in the cavity, and wherein the at least partly spherical outer surface has a sphere center, which sphere center coincides with the vertex, wherein the optic inlay is connected to the carrier. The optic inlay comprises a coupling portion, and the spherically mounted retroreflector comprises a coupling element arranged between the optic inlay and the carrier.