Patent ID: 6773170
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for interconnecting optical units comprising a first carrier, a second carrier, an intermediate body between said first and second carriers, said first and second carriers and said intermediate body having central axes, at least two of said carriers and said intermediate body being adapted to support an optical unit; passages in at least two of said first and second carriers and said intermediate body defining an optical path, a hinge rotatably connecting one of said first and second carriers to the other of said first and second carriers and said intermediate body; first screw means for causing rotation of said one carrier relative to said other carrier and said intermediate body to change the shape of said optical path; and second screw means for causing at least one of said first and second carriers and said intermediate body to move transversely of the optical path to change the alignment of said central axes and the shape of the optical path.