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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. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walid A. Atia, Lexington, MA (US);
Steven D. Conover, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Eric E. Fitch, Medford, MA (US);
Sean P. O'Connor, Wollaston, MA (US);
Randal A. Murdza, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Axsun Technologies, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 1/700 ;
Abstract
A process for assembling micro-optical systems, such as optoelectronic and/or fiber optic components uses solder self-alignment to achieve a coarse, passive alignment of optical components relative to the optical bench. The fine, final alignment is performed using plastic deformation of the optical components to thereby improve the alignment of the optical components. As a result, the sub-micrometer alignment accuracies are attainable, if required.