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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jürgen Rudischhauser, Tuttlingen, DE;
Ulrich Kehr, Ostfildern, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co, KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ; G02B 3/00 ; A67B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ; G02B 3/00 ; A67B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method for mounting at least one rod lens in an interior of a tube has the following steps, i.e. selecting an outside diameter of said rod lens in that an airgap is created circumferentially between an outer side of said rod lens in an inner side of said tube, positioning said outer side of said rod lens at a defined radial spacing from said inner side of said tube by way of at least two centering aids and effecting an elastic adhesive join between said outer side of said rod lens and said inner side of said tube.