Patent ID: 9726882
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: F16H,G01J,G02B

Claim:
1. An optical system, comprising: a motor; an optical detector; an optical element positioned or positionable on an optical path extending to the optical detector; and a linkage that connects operation of the motor to movement of the optical element and the optical detector relative to one another, the linkage including (a) a shaft having a flat surface region and a cylindrical surface region arranged around the shaft from one another, and (b) a drive element that operatively connects the shaft to another part of the linkage and including a clamp having a base to receive at least part of the cylindrical surface region and a retainer attached to the base with a pair of threaded fasteners that have the flat surface region of the shaft located between them, such that the clamp secures the drive element to the shaft by engagement of the cylindrical surface region with the base and engagement of the flat surface region with the retainer.