| FTRX LLC Patent applications |
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| 20120113522 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM FOR SECURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND A SPRING FOR SECURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - A monolithic frame for optics used in interferometers where the material of the monolithic frame may have a substantially different coefficient of thermal expansion from the beamsplitter and compensator without warping, bending or distorting the optics. This is accomplished through providing a securing apparatus holding the optics in place while isolating the expansion thereof from the expansion of the frame. Stability in optical alignment is therefore achieved without requiring a single material or materials of essentially identical coefficients of thermal expansion. The present invention provides stability in situations where it is not possible to utilize a single material for every component of the interferometer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120091310 | FLEXURE MOUNT FOR AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - A flexure mount for economically producing pure translational motion with no arcuate or error motion in the vertical direction utilizing alignment pins and parts reducing structures including monolithic springs. A low profile embodiment utilizes a compound monolithic spring. The flexure mount may be used to translate a mirror or retroreflector in a purely linear direction of precisely controlled and known distance, useful in myriad interferometer applications including spectroscopy. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20110273778 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM FOR SECURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND A SPRING FOR SECURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - A monolithic frame for optics used in interferometers where the material of the monolithic frame may have a substantially different coefficient of thermal expansion from the beamsplitter and compensator without warping, bending or distorting the optics. This is accomplished through providing a securing apparatus holding the optics in place while isolating the expansion thereof from the expansion of the frame. Stability in optical alignment is therefore achieved without requiring a single material or materials of essentially identical coefficients of thermal expansion. The present invention provides stability in situations where it is not possible to utilize a single material for every component of the interferometer. | 11-10-2011 |
