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Issue 1300-5
US 6,970,636 B2
Device for connecting a first optical component to a second optical component
Klaus-Dieter Stegmaier, Viechtach (Germany); and Thomas Dörmer, Kolbermoor (Germany)
Assigned to Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co., Munich (Germany); and Betriebs KG, Munich (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/475,486
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2002, PCT No. PCT/DE02/01462
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 23, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/086384, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 101 20 740 (DE), filed on Apr. 20, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0170372 A1, Sep. 02, 2004
Int. Cl.7G02B 6/00
U.S. Cl. 385—147 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for connecting a first optical component to a second optical component, comprising a connecting ring which has a first region through which the connecting ring can be fixed rotatable on the first optical component, and a second region axially spaced from the first region through which the connecting ring can be connected to the second optical component, whereby the second region has coupling means which engage with an associated coupling means of the second optical component when the connecting ring is turned and, wherein the first and second regions of the connecting ring are separated from each other by one of a ledge and an inner web.