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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Scott A. Igl, Seattle, WA (US);
Roger F. Johnson, Bellevue, WA (US);
David W. Rook, Kent, WA (US);
Derek E. Schulte, Seattle, WA (US);
Nlight Photonics Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods providing adjustable mounting with multiple degrees of freedom, such as three degrees of freedom allowing controlled adjustment of pitch, roll, and/or yaw. In providing such degrees of freedom, a ball member of a ball and socket mounting apparatus may preferably be disposed upon a surface and a mount, having a socket portion sized and shaped to correspond to a mating surface of the ball member, may be placed in communication therewith. The mount may have a component to be mounted placed thereon after the mount is placed in communication with the ball member. Preferably as part of the system manufacturing process, an adjustment mechanism is placed in communication with the mount and provides manipulating forces thereto, preferably causing the socket portion of the mount to slidably engage the mating surface of the ball member, in order to precisely position a component mounted thereon.