Optical Post Mount With Indexed Collar Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical post mount systems lack accurate and repeatable adjustment capabilities, and fail to facilitate easy removal and replacement of optical posts while maintaining precise positioning in optical systems.
Innovation Solution
The optical post mount system includes a post holder body with a collar coupling surface featuring positioning elements, a post collar with a lock device and collar positioning device, and a mounting base, allowing for precise adjustment and replacement of optical posts by engaging and disengaging the collar positioning device with the post holder body, ensuring accurate rotational and translational positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional optical post mount systems are used, then optical elements can be mounted on the work surface, but accurate and repeatable adjustment of optical post position is difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The optical post mount system is divided into separate functional components: a post holder body with positioning elements, a post collar with collar positioning devices, and a post lock device. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, enabling precise positioning through the engagement of positioning elements with collar positioning devices while maintaining ease of operation through modular assembly and disassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
Positioning elements are pre-configured on the collar coupling surface of the post holder body at specific angular intervals. These positioning elements are prepared in advance to guide the collar positioning devices into accurate positions, eliminating the need for complex adjustment procedures during operation and ensuring repeatable positioning.
2Measurement precision
If optical posts are securely fixed to maintain positioning accuracy, then positioning precision is improved, but removal and replacement of optical posts becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides dynamic positioning through the post lock device, which can transition between locked and unlocked states. When locked, the optical post is securely fixed to maintain positioning accuracy; when unlocked, the post can be easily removed and replaced. The collar positioning devices ensure that even after removal and reinstallation, the optical post returns to its original accurate position.
3Measurement precision
If the optical post mount system includes multiple positioning mechanisms, then positioning accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple positioning functions are merged into a unified system where positioning elements on the collar coupling surface work together with collar positioning devices and a post lock device. This integration achieves both angular and positional accuracy through coordinated operation of the components, avoiding the need for separate, complex positioning mechanisms while maintaining high precision.
Data Source
AI summary
An optical mount system that may be adjusted by a variety of devices and methods. In some cases, a post collar assembly may be configured to engage a collar coupling surface of a post holder body such that the post collar engages the collar coupling surface in indexed and predetermined angular positions. In some cases, a base of a post holder body may be configured to accept a secondary base element in the form of a mounting adapter which may be releasably secured the base to provide additional stiffness for the mounting of the base to a reference surface.