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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E Tamburrini, Eugene, OR (US);
Assignee:
PSC Scanning, Inc., Eugene, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359214 ; 23546236 ;
Abstract
A scan assembly and method of manufacture in which the dither mechanism comprises a co-molded dither spring, dither mount and mirror mount. The method comprises positioning a dither spring in a mold fixture, closing a mold over both a free end of the dither spring and a fixed end of the dither spring, placing the mold in an injection molding machine, injecting plastic material into the mold and forming a base mount on the fixed end of the dither spring and a mirror mount on the free end to form the spring assembly, allowing the spring assembly to cool, and removing the spring assembly from the mold.