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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard G. Smith, Center Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/12 ; G02B 6/32 ; G02B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/12 ; G02B 6/32 ; G02B 3/00 ;
Abstract
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical apparatus includes a first optical element, a second optical element, and a third optical element disposed between the first and second optical elements. Light from the first optical element is incident upon the second optical element at an angle with respect to the optic axis that is substantially independent of an offset of the first optical element in a direction orthogonal to the optic axis.