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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:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2002
Applicants:
Basil Eric Blank, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alexander Khosro Deyhim, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Basil Eric Blank, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alexander Khosro Deyhim, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G001/00 ; G01N023/20 ; G02B007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A low-cost, high precision goniometric stage, for use in x-ray diffractography or in optical systems, with a spherical sector supported on at least one bearing, a top surface of the spherical sector that is used for mounting an object, a center of rotation located within the object, a rod or other member that is disposed below the spherical bearing surface, preferably orthogonal to the rotational axes, stepper motors or other actuators to move the device and a mechanical linkage between the rod and the motors.