Patent ID: 8351139

Claim:
A module, comprising: a unit comprising an optical element; and a support structure comprising a support device and a contact device mounted to the support device, the contact device comprising a first linking section and a second linking section, wherein: the support structure is configured to support the unit; the contact device is configured to exert a force on the unit in a first direction via a surface of the contact device; the surface of the contact device contacts a surface of the unit; the first and second linking sections extend along a second direction transverse to the first direction; the surface of the contact device, the first linking section, the second linking section and the support device are arranged kinematically in series; the first and second linking sections are arranged kinematically in series between the surface of the contact device and the support device; the first and second linking sections are configured to be elastically deformed in response to the force; the first and second linking sections are on opposite sides of a reference plane; and the reference plane includes the force and runs transverse to the second direction.