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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
John Carberry, Talbott, TN (US);
John Carberry, Talbott, TN (US);
Neptec Optical Solutions, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for aligning an optical element of an optical actuator. The optical actuator moves a guide between a retracted and an extended position relative to an actuator body. The actuator body has a channel, or through-opening, in which the mirror guide moves. In one embodiment, the channel has a two flat surfaces that form a portion of a v-groove in the channel. In the extended position, the guide contacts a stop pin, or stopper, and the two flat surfaces in the through-opening, thereby holding the guide in a position defined by the line of contact between the stop pin and an angled surface of the guide and a pair of parallel contact lines where the guide contacts the two flat surfaces in the through-opening.