Patent ID: 6552862
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A mounting device for an optical element in an assembly having the following features:1.1 a support member and two or more gear elements, 1.2 the support member is connected to an external mounting structure and, via base points, to the gear elements, 1.3 via top points, the gear elements are connected to the optical element directly, or are connected to the optical element indirectly via a mount arranged therebetween, 1.4 the top points of the gear elements are located in planes of symmetry of the optical element which are defined by an axial axis and a radial axis of the optical element, 1.5 the gear elements are arranged and dimensioned such that in the event of disturbing influences a compensation effect is produced with regard to a deformation of an optical surface of the optical element, 1.6 the compensation effect being provided when a RMS value of the sum of those partial deformations of the optical surface of the optical element which are caused by an axial force, a radial force and a tangential element at an arbitrary top point of a gear element is less than or at least equal to one half of the largest RMS value of one of the three said partial deformations.