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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elizabeth Anne Nevis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/730 ; G02B 2/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/730 ; G02B 2/710 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for focusing a free beam of light onto a target. The target is often very small or angle restricted. The apparatus includes a lens surrounded by two parallel windows. The focusing of the free beam is achieved by tilting the first window to orient the beam of light through the lens onto the target, adjusting the lens focus to focus the beam of light into a focused spot, and tilting the second window to translate the focused spot across the target. The lens may also be tilted to provide a greater range of translation.