Patent ID: 8953934
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G02B,G03B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for making an apparatus, the method comprising: forming an actuator device with at least one actuator having components that move rotationally relative to each other about a pivot axis extending between opposing ones of the components, a platform rotatably coupled to the at least one actuator and a plurality of radially extending tabs disposed around an outer periphery thereof; disposing an optical element on or in a central opening of the platform; providing an annular structure having a front surface with plurality of slots disposed around a central opening therein, each slot having sidewalls complementary in configuration to corresponding sidewalls of a corresponding one of the tabs; and inserting respective ones of the tabs into corresponding ones of the slots such that an optical axis of the optical element is disposed coaxially with a central axis of the central opening of the annular structure.