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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:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mona Masghati, Medford, MA (US);
Livia M. Racz, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Axsun Technologies, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
An optical component adapted for attachment to an optical bench or submount has an alignment feature that is used in the positioning of the optical component relative to the optical bench. This alignment feature is formed in an exterior wall of the optical component. Further, according to the preferred embodiment, the alignment feature has a re-entrant sidewall . This last characteristic facilitates the identification of precise location of the alignment by a vision system, for example, thus, allowing the accurate placement and installation of the optical component on the optical bench