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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Yuri Grapov, Sutton, MA (US);
William D. Jones, Wrentham, MA (US);
Michael Digiantommaso, Oxford, MA (US);
Yuri Grapov, Sutton, MA (US);
William D. Jones, Wrentham, MA (US);
Michael Digiantommaso, Oxford, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A mirror positioning assembly for use in beam switching is provided that employs a novel arrangement of the mirrors and the motors to selectively position the mirrors. The assembly is installed into the housing of an assembly for distributing laser energy where the mirrors are contained within the beam cavity and the remainder of the assembly is outside of the housing. The assembly is received in a port within the housing in a manner that allows 360° of rotational adjustment so that the mirror can be carefully aligned to insure near lossless distribution of the beam energy as it passes through the device. This arrangement keeps the electronics, motors, bearings and adjustments of the mirror switching external to the beam cavity herby reducing the number of potential contaminants contained therein.