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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Richard E. Forkey, Westminster, MA (US);
William P. Barnes, Acton, MA (US);
Robert N. Ross, Gardner, MA (US);
Joseph N. Forkey, Princeton, MA (US);
Richard E. Forkey, Westminster, MA (US);
William P. Barnes, Acton, MA (US);
Robert N. Ross, Gardner, MA (US);
Joseph N. Forkey, Princeton, MA (US);
Precision Optics Corporation, Gardner, MA (US);
Abstract
Optical devices which accurately position optical elements and methods for producing such optical devices. Each optical element is carried by a support on an axis that has portions plastically deformed to overlap portions of the faces of the optical element adjacent an intermediate peripheral surface. This configuration locks the optical element axially in the support and produces a positive rigid retaining structure for each optical element.