LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL MOUNT WITH BENT LEVER MANIPULATOR UNIT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To utilize a monolithic mount enabling an optical element mounted to an inner mounting ring to be highly sensitively adjusted. SOLUTION: The optical mount is divided by a plurality of cuts in the mount material into a stationary outer mounting ring, a laterally adjustable inner mounting ring and three bent lever manipulator units which are offset by 120° relative to one another and which comprise a bent lever having a first element, one end of which is connected by way of a bent lever flexure hinge to one end of a second element, the other end of the first element being connected to the inner mounting ring, the other end of the second element being connected to the outer mounting ring, and with the first and second elements enclosing a bent angle smaller than 180°. By manipulating the three bent lever manipulator units, any center position of the inner mounting ring can be adjusted relative to the center of the outer mounting ring within an intended displacement range. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT