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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Khiem Ba Do, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David F. Arnone, Mountain View, CA (US);
New Focus, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A modular approach to the design of motion modules, e.g., positioning elements, is disclosed which allows a single positioning element to be integrated into a number of multi-axis configurations through combination with other basic positioning elements all of which share a modular interlocking feature. The motion module includes a base and a mobile stage. The base includes an exterior surface on which a first interconnector is located. The mobile stage includes an exterior surface and a second interconnector. The mobile stage is rotary or linearly positionable with respect to the base The second interconnector is located on the exterior surface of the mobile stage, The first and the second interconnector are mutually engagable With second and first interconnectors of other motion modules for stackable interconnection therebetween.