Patent ID: 9632219
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G01C,G02B

Claim:
1. A spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR), comprising: a replicated optic having a retroreflector end and a base end, the retroreflector end including a cube-corner retroreflector having a vertex and an axis of symmetry, the cube-corner retroreflector having a retroreflector area along a plane perpendicular to the axis of symmetry, the replicated optic having a base area at the base end, the base area being smaller than the retroreflector area; a substrate that includes a partially spherical outer surface and a cavity, the cavity sized to accept the replicated optic, the partially spherical outer surface having a sphere center coincident with the vertex; and an adhesive disposed between the replicated optic and the substrate that fixedly adheres the optic to the substrate.