Patent ID: 6781753
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising:a carrier plate including a plurality of spherical mounts attached to an underside of said carrier plate; a first plurality of camming elements, each of said first plurality of camming elements including a downwardly directed camming surface and a cone-shaped receptacle operative to receive a corresponding one of said spherical mounts; a second plurality of camming elements, each of said second plurality of camming elements including an upwardly directed camming surface slidably connected to a corresponding one of the downward directed camming surfaces; and an actuator plate coupled to the second plurality of camming elements such that the upwardly directed camming surfaces move in relation to the downward directed camming surfaces in response to the actuator plate moving along a first axis, and wherein movement of the actuator plate along the first axis translates into movement of the carrier plate along a second axis orthogonal to said first axis.