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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:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ; G02B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ; G02B 9/00 ;
Abstract
The lateral V-shaped groove ( ) and the longitudinal V-shaped groove ( ), which cross each other, are formed on a surface of the substrate ( ). When the optical element ( ) is contacted with and supported by four ridges composed of sides ( ) of one V-shaped groove and sides ( ) of the other V-shaped groove, the optical element is positioned at the three-dimensional support position which is geometrically determined by the four points at which the four ridges and the surface of the optical element come into contact with each other.