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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Douglass L Blanding, Painted Post, NY (US);
John H Bruning, Pittsford, NY (US);
Douglass L Blanding, Painted Post, NY (US);
John H Bruning, Pittsford, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A monolithic optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member and movable with respect to the outer member along an axis. A first set of fold flexures extends from the inner member to the outer member, so that each fold flexure in the first set has a fold that lies on a tangent to a first circle lying in a first plane that is orthogonal to the axis. A second set of fold flexures extends from the inner member to the outer member, so that each fold flexure in the second set has a fold that lies on a tangent to a second circle lying in a second plane that is parallel to the first plane. With respect to a view taken along the axis, the folds for the first set do not align with the folds for the second set.