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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Figueria, Jr, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Components, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25023113 ; 25023114 ; 25023117 ;
Abstract
A method for establishing a light pathway for an optics apparatus that is substantially free of misalignment. The various components of the apparatus, such as a light source, a light modulator and a light detector, are positionally configured and fixed relative to one another and to a single reference datum in a manner to establish and maintain a continuous light pathway.