Patent ID: 7982980
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An adjustable optical mount, comprising: a first plate configured to have an optical element secured thereto and having a front surface and a rear surface; a second plate which has a front surface disposed adjacent the rear surface of the first plate, a rear surface and at least one threaded bore; at least one adjustable threaded member having a contact end in contact with the rear surface of the first plate, an adjustment end with a torqueable surface and a threaded outer surface in threaded engagement with the threaded bore of the second plate with at least a portion of the threaded outer surface extending from the rear surface of the second plate, the torqueable surface of the adjustment end of the adjustable threaded member comprising a female cavity having a substantially hexagonal shaped transverse cross section and an inner transverse dimension smaller than an inner transverse dimension of the threaded bore of the lock collar; and a lock collar having a contact end, an adjustment end, a threaded bore in threaded engagement with the threaded outer surface of the adjustable threaded member which extends from the rear surface of the second plate and having a torqueable surface disposed at the adjustment end; and a greater resistance to relative rotational movement of the threaded engagement between the threaded outer surface of the adjustable threaded member and the threaded bore of the second plate than the resistance to relative rotational movement of the threaded engagement between the threaded bore of the lock collar and the threaded outer surface of the adjustable threaded member.